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Individual Phone Graphs Who Spoke to Whom? Ahmedabad February 28 Individual Phone Graphs Who Spoke to Whom? Ahmedabad February 28, 2002 28-Feb-2002 Shivanand Jha (9825048308) Additional Commissioner of Police, Sector I Calls Incoming/Outgoing 9 8 8 7 6 5 4 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 0 Total Calls * Accused ** Politician 28-Feb-2002 Sanjay Bhavsar (9825037432) CHIEF MINISTER’S OFFICE (CMO) OSD to the Chief Minister Calls Incoming/Outgoing Total Calls 3.5 3 3 3 2.5 2 2 2 2 2 2 1.5 1 1 1 1 0.5 0 Total Calls 28-Feb-2002 RJ Savani (9825049198) Deputy Commissioner of Police, Zone-V Calls Incoming/Outgoing 25 22 20 15 11 10 9 5 5 Total Calls 2 2 2 1 0 28-Feb-2002 Rajendra Singh Rana (9824001169) State BJP President Calls Incoming/Outgoing 3.5 3 3 2.5 2 2 1.5 Total Calls 1 1 1 1 0.5 0 A.P. Patel Maya Kodnani Jaideep Patel Bharatbhai K. C. Kapoor Baldevbhai Pandya 28-Feb-2002 PC Pande (9825048303) Commisisoner of Police, Ahmedabad Calls Incoming/Outgoing 16 15 14 14 12 10 10 10 8 6 6 4 2 2 1 1 1 Total Calls 0 28-Feb-2002 PB Gondia (9825049197) Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Zone IV (His jurisdiction covered both the Naroda and Meghaninagar areas where the worst massacres took place) Calls Incoming/Outgoing 12 11 10 8 6 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 0 Total Calls * Accused ** Politician 28-Feb-2002 CHIEF MINISTER’S OFFICE (CMO) O.P.SINGH (9825048316) OSD to the Chief Minister Calls Incoming/Outgoing 4.5 4.0 4 3.5 3.0 3 2.5 2.0 Total Calls 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.0 Sanjay Bhavsar Tanmay Mehta 28-Feb-2002 Nimish Patel (9824011111) Calls Incoming/Outgoing 12 10 10 8 8 6 Total Calls 4 2 2 1 0 Maya Kodnani PB Gondia KG Erda MK Tandon 28-Feb-2002 Narendra Modi (Residence No. I, 0793229085) Chief Minister of Gujarat Calls Incoming/Outgoing 1.2 1 1 1 0.8 0.6 Total Calls 0.4 0.2 0 Tanmay Mehta AP Patel 28-Feb-2002 Narendra Modi (Office No. I, 7932263350) Chief Minister of Gujarat Calls Incoming/Outgoing 2.5 2 2 1.5 Total Calls 1 1 0.5 0 Jaideep Patel Sanjay Bhavsar 28-Feb-2002 MK Tandon (9825048316) Joint Commisisoner, Sector II (His jurisdiction covered both the Naroda and Meghaninagar areas where the worst massacres took place) Calls Incoming/Outgoing 25 20 20 15 13 10 8 5 6 4 2 Total Calls 0 1 1 1 1 * Accused ** Politician 28-Feb-2002 Meghaninagar Police Station II (0792681765) Calls Incoming/Outgoing 1.2 1 1 0.8 0.6 Total Calls 0.4 0.2 0 K. G. Erda 28-Feb-2002 Meghaninagar Police Station II (0792681555) Calls Incoming/Outgoing 1.2 1 1 0.8 0.6 Total Calls 0.4 0.2 0 K. G. Erda 28-Feb-2002 Dr. Maya Kodnani (9825006729) MLA of the Ruling BJP and Accused in the Naroda Patiya and Gaam Massacres a) Minister till she was arrested in 2009 Calls Incoming/Outgoing 2.5 2 2 1.5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0.5 Total Calls 0 * Accused ** Politician 28-Feb-2002 Lal Krishna Advani (079-5504525) BJP Leader Calls Incoming/Outgoing 1.2 1 1 0.8 0.6 Total Calls 0.4 0.2 0 Maya Kodnani 28-Feb-2002 K.K. Mysorewala (9825190775) Jetpur Deputy Superintendent of Police Calls Incoming/Outgoing 2.5 2 2 1.5 1 1 1 1 Total Calls 0.5 0 Jaideep Patel Maya Kodnani M. K. Tandon’s Bipin Panchal Office No. 28-Feb-2002 KG Erda (9825116221) PI, Meghaninagar Area (where the Gulberg Society is located) and Accused in the case Calls Incoming/Outgoing 12 11 10 8 6 Total Calls 4 3 2 2 1 1 0 Control Room MK Tandon PB Gondia Maya Kodnani Nimish Patel 28-Feb-2002 K. Chakravarty (9825048301) Director General of Police (DGP) Gujarat Calls Incoming/Outgoing 18 16 16 14 12 10 8 Total Calls 6 4 2 2 1 0 PC Pande Gowardhan Zadaphiya Chief Minister's Office 28-Feb-2002 K. Nityanandam (9825047703) Secretary, Home Department, Sachivalaya, Gandhinagar. Calls Incoming/Outgoing 3.5 3 3 3 2.5 2 2 2 1.5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0.5 Total Calls 0 28-Feb-2002 J.M.Thakkar (9825037429) PRO to Chief Minister Calls Incoming/Outgoing 1.2 1 1 0.8 0.6 Total Calls 0.4 0.2 0 O.P. Singh 28-Feb-2002 Dr. Jaideep Patel (9825023887) VHP State Secretary, Gujarat, Accused in the Naroda Patiya and Naroda Gaam Massacres Calls Incoming/Outgoing 8 7 7 6 6 5 5 5 5 4 3 3 3 2 Total Calls 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 * Accused ** Politician 28-Feb-2002 IK Jadeja (9825000618) Urban Development Minister Calls Incoming/Outgoing 1.2 1 1 1 0.8 0.6 Total Calls 0.4 0.2 0 I.K. Jadeja’s office no. Tanmay Mehta 28-Feb-2002 Harsh Brahmbhatt (9825000620) General Administration Departments Dy. Secretary (Ser) Calls Incoming/Outgoing 3.5 3 3 2.5 2 1.5 Total Calls 1 1 1 1 0.5 0 P. K. Mishra Collector Shivanand Jha K. Chakravarty Gandhinagar 28-Feb-2002 Govardhan Zadaphiya (9825049145) MOS, Home, Government of Gujarat Calls Incoming/Outgoing 12 11 10 8 6 4 Total Calls 3 2 1 1 1 1 0 28-Feb-2002 DINESH THAKORE (9825000838) PA. TO THE C.M. Calls Incoming/Outgoing 2.5 2 2 1.5 Total Calls 1 1 1 0.5 0 Sanjay Bhavsar Tanmay Mehta T. S. Bisht 28-Feb-2002 Dinesh Togadia (9825037022) Manager of Dhanvantri Hospital Calls Incoming/Outgoing 3.5 3 3 2.5 2 Total Calls 1.5 1 1 1 0.5 0 Mukesh Patel R J Savani Maya Kodnani 28-Feb-2002 B. S. Jebalia (9825049199) Deputy Commissioner of Police, Zone-VI, Ahmedabad City Calls Incoming/Outgoing 10 9 9 8 8 7 6 5 5 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 Total Calls 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 28-Feb-2002 Babu Bajrangi (9825020333) VHP/Bajrang Dal Leader, Accused in the Naroda Patiya Massacre Calls Incoming/Outgoing 3.5 3 3 2.5 2 2 2 2 1.5 Total Calls 1 0.5 0 Govind Patel Jaideep Patel Atul Vaidya (VHP Naresh Bhatia Leader) (VHP Leader) * Accused ** Politician 28-Feb-2002 Atul Vaidya (9825048316) VHP/Bajrang Dal Leader, Accused in the Gulberg Society Massacre Calls Incoming/Outgoing 3.5 3 3 2.5 2 2 2 1.5 Total Calls 1 1 0.5 0 Kamlesh Agarwal Ajaysingh Dineshkumar Babu Bajrangi Balisatarsinh Bhoidas Patel Rajput 28-Feb-2002 Ashok Narayan (09825037405) Former Home Sec. Govt of Guj. Calls Incoming/Outgoing 12 10 10 10 8 6 4 Total Calls 3 2 2 1 1 0 28-Feb-2002 Ashok Bhatt (9825039877) Health Minister Calls Incoming/Outgoing 2.5 2 2 2 1.5 1 1 1 1 1 1 0.5 0 Total Calls 28-Feb-2002 AP Patel (9825037439) PA to Chief Minister Calls Incoming/Outgoing 3.5 3 3 3 2.5 2 2 2 2 2 1.5 1 1 1 1 1 0.5 Total Calls 0 28-Feb-2002 Anil Mukhim (9825049391) Additional Principal Secretary To Chief Minister Calls Incoming/Outgoing 4.5 4 4 4 3.5 3 2.5 2 2 2 1.5 Total Calls 1 1 1 1 0.5 0 28-Feb-2002 Amit Shah (9824011111) Chairman of Co-op Bank Ahmedabad Calls Incoming/Outgoing 2.5 2 2 1.5 Total Calls 1 1 0.5 0 P.C. Pandey Shivanand Jha 28-Feb-2002 Tanmay Mehta (9825000837) PA to Chief Minister Calls Incoming/Outgoing 7 6 6 5 4 4 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 Total Calls ACCUSED 28-Feb-2002 Kalpesh Jha (9825022033) Relief Worker Hiralal ni chali in Jamalpur Calls Incoming/Outgoing 4.5 4 4 3.5 3 2.5 2 2 2 Total Calls 1.5 1 1 0.5 0 Jaideep Patel Zadaphia K. C. Kapoor VHP Office No. 28-Feb-2002 Jagroopsingh Rajput (9825066362) VHP Leader Calls Incoming/Outgoing 4.5 4 4 3.5 3 2.5 2 Total Calls 1.5 1 1 0.5 0 Amarsinh Chaudhary Control Room 28-Feb-2002 Dineshkumar Bhoidas Patel (9825017225) VHP Leader Calls Incoming/Outgoing 1.2 1 1 0.8 0.6 Total Calls 0.4 0.2 0 Atul Vaidya 28-Feb-2002 Company Ajaysingh Balisatarsinh Rajput (9825060901) VHP Leader Calls Incoming/Outgoing 3.5 3 3 2.5 2 Total Calls 1.5 1 0.5 0 Atul Vaidya 28-Feb-2002 Bipin Panchal (9824085556) BJP Member Calls Incoming/Outgoing 12 10 10 8 6 Total Calls 5 4 2 2 0 Jaideep Patel K K Mysorewala Gowardhan Zadaphiya 28-Feb-2002 VHP OFFICE (07966313650) Calls Incoming/Outgoing 1.2 1 1 0.8 0.6 Total Calls 0.4 0.2 0 Jaideep Patel 28-Feb-2002 Bharatkumar Vyas (9824201990) VHP Leader Calls Incoming/Outgoing 30 25 24 20 15 Total Calls 10 5 0 Ashok Govind Patel 28-Feb-2002 Ashok Govind Patel (9825018625) BJP Corporator & Accused of Naroda Gam Calls Incoming/Outgoing 30 25 25 20 15 Total Calls 10 6 5 2 2 0 Bharatkumar Vyas Babu Bajrangi Jaideep Patel Maya Kodnani 28-Feb-2002 Kamlesh Agrawal (9825323383) VHP Leader Calls Incoming/Outgoing 3.5 3 3 2.5 2 Total Calls 1.5 1 0.5 0 Atul Vaidya .
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