f fabricating evidence against Prime Minister, Narendra Modi.
Just before she was arrested, India's home minister, Mr Amit Shah, accused Ms Setalvad of feeding fraudulent information to police about the riots to tarnish Mr Modi's image. Sixty-nine people were killed, including Mr Ehsan Jafri, a former member of India's Parliament, who had offered refuge to Muslims, mostly women and children, threatened during the attack by thousands of Hindu men armed with stones, iron rods and gasoline-soaked rags.
The United States imposed a visa ban in 2005 to rebuke Modi over the episode, although he has denied any role.Ms Setalvad has long supported Mrs Jafri and other victims of the sectarian carnage. It was Mrs Jafri who filed the petition against Mr Modi that was dismissed by India's Supreme Court on Friday.
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