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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Gujarat 2002 massacre witness murdered near ATS Hqs

Gujarat 2002 massacre witness murdered near ATS Hqs

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published Published on Nov 6, 2011   modified Modified on Nov 6, 2011

-Express News Service


Nadeem Saiyed, a key witness to the Naroda Patiya massacre during the 2002 Gujarat riots, was brutally killed on the main street of Juhapura on Saturday.

He was stabbed 25 times, just steps away from the anti-terrorism group headquarters.

Two Juhapura residents, Firdos Mullah and Mushir Ahmed, have been booked for murder and conspiracy. Saiyed’s father named them along with several others, accusing them of ordering his killing.

A police informer as well as an RTI activist, Saiyed had been under police protection since 2009 after he gave evidence against one of the Naroda Patiya accused, Ashok Sindhi, before the Special Investigation Team probing the riot cases. But it is not clear why the PSO and another guard assigned to protect him were not around at the time of the incident.

Lawyer Mukul Sinha said he received an SMS from Saiyed on Friday saying he wanted to discuss something urgent about the Naroda Patiya case.

A few days ago, Saiyed met Ahmedabad police chief S K Saikia and sought more security.

He recently gave evidence in a Juhapura riot case where some residents allegedly torched a police vehicle during a search of those involved in illegal slaughter of animals.

In his statement, Saiyed is said to have named Ahmed, an animal trader from Juhapura, and the police are investigating if a local goon put out a contract to kill Saiyed.

The police are also investigating if his killing had anything to do with an RTI application he had filed on roadside eateries in Juhapura.

Saiyed left home around 7 am and was walking to a nearby newspaper vendor, like he did every morning, when he was attacked and killed.


The Indian Express, 6 November, 2011, http://www.indianexpress.com/news/gujarat-2002-massacre-witness-murdered-near-ats-hqs/871441/


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