Guwahati, May 19 -- The Supreme Court on Monday rejected BJP minister Kunwar Vijay Shah's public apology for his derogatory remarks against Colonel Sofiya Qureshi, calling it "insincere" and "an attempt to escape legal consequences."

A bench comprising Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh directed the Madhya Pradesh Director General of Police to form a Special Investigation Team (SIT) by 10 am on Tuesday.

The court ordered that the three-member SIT must include senior IPS officers from outside the state, with at least one being a woman. The team will be headed by an officer of IG rank, with the remaining members of SP rank or above.

While Shah's arrest has been stayed, the court made it conditional upon his full cooperation with th...