Godhra train burning

Herausgegeben:Miller, Frederic P.; Vandome, Agnes F.; McBrewster, John

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Godhra train burning is a 2002 incident in which a coach of a train was burned, killing 58 people, mostly Hindu pilgrims, in Godhra, Gujarat. The event triggered widespread rioting in parts of Gujarat resulting in the deaths of about between 790 and 2,000 Muslims and 254 Hindus. In the very first police FIR, the incident was viewed as unplanned mob fury. However, a Special Investigating Team of the Gujarat police argued that the coach was set on fire as a pre-planned act by a Muslim group, who were said to have stockpiled 140 liters of petrol from the day before for the purpose of killing the kar sevaks. A commission set up by the Railways ministry reported in 2005 that the fire was almost certainly an accident, however the Gujarat High Court ruled formation of this enquiry commission by Railways as illegal and unconstitutional. As of now all its probe results stand invalid. Another judicial committee investigating charges under POTA, opined in 2005 that the actions of the Muslimmob were most likely spontaneous and not pre-planned

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• Verlag: Alphascript Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 68
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9786130638146
• ISBN-10: 6130638140
• Artikelnr.: 28529751