Top international scholars, including American linguist Noam Chomsky, have urged Indian Supreme Court to free activist-journalist Teesta Setalvad and ex-DGP RB Sreekumar in the 2002 Gujarat riots case. The SC "unfairly" attributed ulterior motives to the two while dismissing their plea, their statement read. "We're dismayed by the recent tendency discernible in the...[court's] judgment," it added.