Support has been pouring in for jailed former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt. This time, support is in the form of rakhis.Thanks to a social media campaign launched by Deepika Rajawat, the lawyer who was associated with the Kathua rape and murder case, Sanjiv has received over 30,000 rakhis from across the country.Over a fortnight ago, Rajawat had started a hashtag, #OneRakhiForSanjivBhatt, and later Sanjiv's family endorsed it.
In June this year, Sanjiv was awarded a life sentence in a custodial death case dating to 1989-1990. Even before he was awarded a life sentence, Sanjiv has been behind bars for 11 months in connection with an old case of 'planting' drugs. Sanjiv, an IPS officer of the Gujarat cadre, was sacked from service in 2015.