Nanavati panel submits final report on gujarat riots the hindu. Failure of the indian state to exercise due diligence with regard to sexual violence against girls and women in gujarat in 2002 15 6. There is a group of people who thoughtlessly blame modi and call him names. Far from it, the police was slow to act on muslim fanatics for fear of being called antimuslim by the media as implied by the report of india today dated 20th may 2002. Justice kapoor submitted his report on 1990 and his supplementary survey on 2490. In new ncert book, gujarat antimuslim riots now called. Following the initial incident, there were further outbreaks of viole. This explanatory model of hindumuslim riots has to be verified again in the light of the gujarat riots of 2002.
Sc directs gujarat govt to give bilkis bano rs 50 lakh compensation, a job. Moreover, these riots also commit us to reconfirm the role of the hindu nationalist. Similarly a fact finding mission led by kamal mitra chenoy said, the events in gujarat do not constitute a communal riot. It is an obvious instance of breach of legislatures privilege by. Report of the commission of inquiry on 1969 ahmedabad riots, gandhinagar. There were major incidents that took place during the reign of prime minister atal bihari vajpayee, godhra genocide can be said to be the most unfortunate, which led to unprecedented riots in gujarat. The bbcs soutik biswas looks at whether the state has put the violent episode. The violence was gujarats first major riot that involved massacre, arson and looting on a large scale. Gujarat police was antimuslim posted on may 22, 2008 filed under 12concocted lies and myths by the media 32 comments. The 2002 gujarat riots, also known as the 2002 gujarat violence and the gujarat pogrom, was.
Explore sit report on gujarat riots profile at times of india for photos, videos and latest news of sit. I had sent several letters to the then prime minister atal behari vajpayee, and also talked to him. Nov 08, 20 supreme court of india appointed special investigation team sit has concluded in its 541page closure report that chief minister of gujarat, narendra modi took all possible steps to control the 2002 postgodhra riots and questioned the mot. There has been government participation in gujarat riots. The emergence of hindutva politics in the last two decades has been a cause of communal riots in this phase where the local factors have also helped in instigating riots. When the bjp came to power in the late 1990s, modi gained a prominent status within the gujarati government. Malhotra, a former dig of cbi, to verify allegations of lapses in investigations being conducted by the sit into 2002 gujarat communal riots. The bench had passed the direction while dealing with the plea of the ngo citizen for justice and peace of teesta setalvad and some rights activists who sought a stay of. Justice kapoor was a sort of sociological analysis of riots and. As a citizen, residing in gujarat, since 1973, it is quite painful to note that no mla of gujarat state had also moved, at appropriate level, for ensuring the release of the commission report by the state government. Sit submits final report on gujarat riots the hindu. Also get gujarat riots latest news from all over india and worldwide. After examining the two reports, the ministry of home affairs found that the report submitted by mr.
The report says modi displayed a discriminatory attitude by not visiting the riot affected areas in ahmedabad where a large number of muslims were killed, though he went to godhra on the same day, travelling almost 300 km on a single day. The report, based on a sixmonthlong investigation and involving video sting operations, stated that the violence was made possible by the support of the. So, the heading of the passage on the riots on page 187 has been changed from antimuslim riots in gujarat to just gujarat riots. Its mandate was later enlarged to include the investigation of the 2002 gujarat riots. The result has been a rehashing of the debate over modis culpability in the 2002 gujarat riots. Apr 07, 2010 the godhra carnage and related incidents make a typical case study of international designs and conspiracies to weaken india as an emerging world power. Riots began during the bandh, and antimuslim violence spread through gujarat. Sep 25, 2002 a series of communal riots rocked the city in the 1980s and again in 1992 following the demolition of the babri mosque by hindu activists in the north indian town of ayodhya. Narendra modi gets clean chit in sit report on gujarat riots, zakia jafri vows to continue her fight this story is from april 10, 2012 pti updated. The report says the gujarat government has reportedly destroyed the police wireless communication of the period pertaining to the riots. The burning of a train in godhra on 27 february 2002, which caused the deaths of 69 hindu pilgrims karsevaks returning from ayodhya triggered the violence. The true story the truth of the 2002 riots book online at best prices in india on.
Jun 03, 2016 the gujarat riots began on a february morning, when a train carrying hindu pilgrims was surrounded by a mob of muslims and caught fire at a train platform in godhra. Latest and breaking news on sit report on gujarat riots. Sc to hear zakia jafris plea against sit clean chit to then cm narendra modi on nov 19. Sit closure report online in pdf format, sanjiv bhatts. The antimuslim pogrom in gujarat, 2002 general guide to. Ahmedabad 1973, economic and political weekly, vol. What were the key features of sit report that gave clean chit. The supreme court on tuesday said that it would hear zakia jafris petition challenging the clean chit given to narendra modi who was chief minister of gujarat during the 2002 riots. Gujarat 2002 also called operation kalank was an investigative report on the 2002 gujarat riots published by indias tehelka news magazine in its 7 november 2007 issue. Nov 22, 2002 by concerned citizens tribunal gujarat 2002 history of communal violence in gujarat.
Justice nanavatimehta commission gives clean chit to. As the current chief minister of gujarat, modi has received much national and international criticism for his handling of the februarymarch riots. The gujarat riots began on a february morning, when a train carrying hindu pilgrims was surrounded by a mob of muslims and caught fire at a train platform in godhra. After independence major riots broke out on several occasions since 1969. The report stated that gujarat samachar had played a role in increasing the tensions. Analysts and professional strategists of all ideological inclinations converge on one forecast that india is going to be a major player on the international scene sooner rather than later. Narendra modi gets clean chit in sit report on gujarat. The 2002 violence in gujarat, godhra and after was reported widely by the media, both indian and global.
Government to produce certain communications relating to riots in gujarat sent by the president to the government of india between 28. Archived from the original pdf on 11 september 2008. On june 8, 2006, zakia jafri, in a letter to the dgp director general of police, sought registration of a fir first information report against the then gujarat chief minister narendra modi and 62 others for conspiracy behind 2002 riots in gujarat. May 11, 2005 gujarat s hindu nationalistled state government under chief minister narendra modi has always maintained a muslim mob attacked the godhra train, causing the fire and sparking the subsequent riots. Anand teltumbde visited sholapur on october 9, 2002 and presented the following report.
Narendra modi gets clean chit in sit report on gujarat riots. The nanavati commission report on the 2002 gujarat riots gives a clean chit to the state government then led by narendra modi, who has been prime minister of india since 2014. A metropolitan court in ahmedabad on monday handed over the final copy of the sit report on the gulbarg massacre to zakia jafri, a month after the supreme courtappointed sit gave gujarat chief minister narendra modi a clean chit in the case. In 2002, human rights watch, in its report on the riots, quoted a police officer who said that there were no orders to save muslims. I did so, because there was lots of hue and cry over the matter that sit has given a clean chit to modi etc. Justice nanavatimehta panels final report on gujarat riots to be tabled in assembly on wednesday. A decade on, gujarat justice incomplete human rights. Nov 18, 2014 twelve years after it was constituted, the nanavati commission of enquiry probing the 2002 postgodhra riots submitted its final report to chief minister anandiben patel here on tuesday. Mar 01, 2012 ten years ago, the indian state of gujarat was convulsed by some of the worst religious riots the country has seen.
Jul 26, 2016 the special investigation team sit probing the postgodhra 2002 riots in gujarat filed its final report before a local court on wednesday but there was no official confirmation whether it had. Excerpts from the sit report ahmedabad, 8 may 2012 teesta setalvad has put the special investigation team sit closure report on gujarat riots. Apr 06, 2014 timeline of the riots in modis gujarat updated august 19, 2015 for more than a decade, indians have asked whether narendra modi, indias new prime minister, could have slowed or stopped the. Jafri, the widow of former congress mp ehsan jafri. Noakhali in bengal and several villages of bihar were the worst hit. The 2002 gujarat riots, also known as the 2002 gujarat violence and the gujarat pogrom, was a threeday period of intercommunal violence in the western indian state of gujarat. Following the initial riot incidents, there were further outbreaks of violence in ahmedabad for three months. At least seven killed during violence in prime minister modis home state as. Explore sit report on gujarat riots profile at times of. Narendra modi allowed gujarat 2002 antimuslim riots. Jagmohan reddy commission of inquiry of 1969 and dave commission of inquiry of 1985 analysed the causes and consequences of communal tensions in great details. Party bjp governments2 at the centre and in gujarat behind the riots of 2002 in gujarat. The commission submitted its final report containing part two on november 18, 2014, to then chief minister anandiben patel, but it was withheld by the state government since then.
Gujarat riots in which, according to indian official figures, 790 muslims and 253 hindus were killed. It adds, no records, documentations or minutes of the crucial law and order meetings held by the government during the riots had been kept. There followed a decade of relative peace, barring a few months of sporadic antichristian violence in the states tribal areas three years ago. How did it start the general version the ostensible reason for the riots appears to be the bandh proposed in an. We have no orders to save you state participation and. The riots began after 60 hindu pilgrims died when a train carrying them was set on fire. Mar, 2012 bbc hindi correspondent rehan fazal recounts his narrow escape reporting on the religious riots that convulsed indias gujarat state 10 years ago. However, a government report in january said the fire may have begun by accident inside the train. Chronology of communal violence in india india witnessed its worst communal riots in 1948 after the partition. Ie after 12 years since its appointment and 25 extensions later, the nanavatimehta commission on tuesday submitted its final report on the 2002 godhra train carnage case and subsequent communal riots in parts of the state.
Tehelka magazine claims to have dug up the 600page godhra sit report, including modis deposition, to assert that the sit report reveals a shameful coverup on 3 december 2010, a leading. Kusum lata mittal submitted her report on 2821990 and a key to the same on 1990. Documents show 2002 gujarat riots were not sudden youtube. Manorama six feet under in hindi pdf book download.
Sanjiv bhatt was a senior police officer in the gujarat intelligence bureau during the 2002 riots. At the time of the riots, which many refer to as an antimuslim pogrom, modi was gujarat s chief minister. The video footage was screened by the news channel aaj tak. The 1969 gujarat riots refers to the communal violence between hindus and muslims during septemberoctober 1969, in gujarat, india.
On 27 february 2002, a train with several hundred passengers burned near godhra, killing approximately 60 people. Apr 10, 2012 narendra modi gets clean chit in sit report on gujarat riots, zakia jafri vows to continue her fight this story is from april 10, 2012 pti updated. An ahmedabad court will pass its order on the special investigation team sit report on the gulbarg society massacre during the 2002 gujarat riots on february 15. The report had sought a closure in the probe as it found no evidence against narendra modi.
March 28, 2002, pdf file, 12 pages gujarat carnage 2002. Sit closure report volume 1 page 1 to 100 citizens for justice. The supreme courtappointed special investigation team, headed by former cbi director r k raghavan, to probe the 2002 gujarat riots has concluded in its 541page closure report that gujarat chief minister narendra modi took all possible steps to control the 2002 postgodhra riots and questioned the motive behind filing a complaint against him by a riot victim four years after the. Jun 02, 2016 the riots, which left more than 1,000 people dead in total, have long dogged modi, who was accused by human rights groups of turning a blind eye to the violence as then chief minister of gujarat.
His and the bjps support of the post godhra bandh gave. Bbc news south asia gujarat riot death toll revealed. It was regrettable but in the 17 years since then gujarat has been peaceful under modi as cm and pm. The nanavatimehta commission is the commission of inquiry appointed by the government of gujarat to probe the godhra train burning incident of 27 february 2002. Timeline of the riots in modis gujarat the new york times. Gujarat files is the account of an eightmonth long undercover investigation by journalist rana ayyub into the gujarat riots, fake encounters and the murder of state home minister haren pandya that brings to the fore startling revelations. The nature of the violence, the role of the state government, and also of the then chief minister narendra modi were massively debated and discussed. Justice retired gt nanavati om hands over the final report on gujarat riots to cm anandiben patel. An analysis i studied the whole closure report filed by sit on the allegations put in by mrs zakia jafri. A report to the nation ethnic cleansing in ahmedabad. The nanavatimehta commission on wednesday gave a clean chit to prime minister narendra modi in the 2002 gujarat riots, in which more than people were massacred across the state after a train. In a sensational statement, gujarat chief minister narendra modi has said that if he is guilty of collusion in the gujarat riots of 2002 then he should be hanged, agar main gunehgaar hoon toh mujhe phaansi par latka do.
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