A US court has issued summons against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his role as the Gujarat chief minister during 2002 riots, a daily reported on Friday.<br />The PM will arrive in the US today after a nine-year visa ban.<br />The summons were issued by the Federal Court of Southern District of New York.<br />The lawsuit, filed by the American Justice Center (AJC), a non-profit human rights organisation identified among the plaintiffs “two survivors of the horrific and organised violence of Gujarat 2002”, and called for a response from Modi on the basis of the Alien Tort Claims Act (ATCA) and the Torture Victim Protection Act (TVPA), reported the daily.<br /><br /><br /><br />For More information on this news visit : http://www.newsx.com/<br />Connect with us on Social platform at : http://www.facebook.com/newsxonline<br />Subscribe to our YouTube Channel : http://www.youtube.com/newsxlive
