{"id":121124,"date":"2022-06-28T19:39:10","date_gmt":"2022-06-28T14:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=121124"},"modified":"2022-06-28T19:42:16","modified_gmt":"2022-06-28T14:12:16","slug":"did-teesta-setalvads-great-grandfather-give-clean-chit-to-gen-dyer-for-jallianwala-massacre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/did-teesta-setalvads-great-grandfather-give-clean-chit-to-gen-dyer-for-jallianwala-massacre\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Teesta Setalvad’s great-grandfather give ‘clean chit’ to Gen Dyer for Jallianwala massacre?"},"content":{"rendered":"

A day after the Supreme Court upheld the findings<\/a> of a special investigation team (SIT) that cleared Prime Minister Narendra Modi of alleged complicity in the 2002 Gujarat riots, the anti-terrorism unit of the Gujarat police detained<\/a> activist Teesta Setalvad and a former IPS officer from their homes. This was based on the apex court’s direction to take action against those who made “false allegations” against the State of Gujarat regarding its handling of the 2002 communal riots.<\/p>\n

Hours before activist Teesta Setalvad and former IPS officer RB Sreekumar were arrested, Home Minister Amit Shah gave an interview to ANI<\/a> where he accused Setalvad of using her NGO to give baseless information to the police against the Bharatiya Janata Party.<\/p>\n

Amidst all the chaos of the arrest and celebrations<\/a> from one side of the political spectrum, various users on social media have claimed that Setalvad is the great-granddaughter of Chimanlal Harilal Setalvad, who was part of the Hunter Commission that gave a ‘clean chit’ to General Dyer on the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. It is being insinuated that Setalvad’s family has a history of “betraying the nation”.<\/p>\n

Kanchan Gupta, Senior Adviser at the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, was one of the many who tweeted<\/a> the claim.<\/p>\n

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Fraud activist and ‘riot relief fund’ scamster Teesta Setalvad is great granddaughter of Chimanlal Harilal Setalvad who was member of the infamous \u2018Hunter Commission\u2019 on Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
\nCommission gave clean chit to General Dyer who ordered the firing on civilians.
\nn1 pic.twitter.com\/6qGvAs3gDp<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Kanchan Gupta \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 (@KanchanGupta) June 26, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The same claim was made by RSS mouthpiece Organiser Weekly<\/a>, journalist Nishant Azad<\/a>, Anupam K Singh<\/a>, senior sub-editor of the pro-BJP portal OpIndia Hindi, and various others<\/a>.<\/p>\n