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A tale of two reports by V Venkatesan

There are two serious points of disagreement in the reports of the SIT and the amicus curiae, Raju Ramachandran. THE Ahmedabad Metropolitan Magistrate, M.S. Bhatt, on February 15, rejected pleas seeking copies of the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team's (SIT) report on the 2002 Gujarat carnage until March 15 on a technicality – that the SIT needs more time to submit its full report along with all documents, evidence and other...

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A decade of shame by Anupama Katakam

The victims of the 2002 anti-Muslim pogrom in Gujarat are still to get justice but are determined to continue the fight. SAIRABEN SANDHI and Rupa Mody sit quietly on the back benches at the Metropolitan Magistrate's Court in Ahmedabad watching the proceedings in the Zakia Jafri case. Both the women have witnessed immense tragedy. One saw her son killed, while the other has been searching for her missing son for the...

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Standing up to the state by Anupama Katakam and Lyla Bavadam

Police officers who have stood up for the truth are made to pay for it. IF there is anyone who can nail the perpetrators of the anti-Muslim riots of 2002 in Gujarat, it is the State's police officers. Witness to the worst communal violence seen in recent times, these officers have first-hand knowledge of the complicity of politicians in the riots and the degree of brutality and negligence of duty that...

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Gulbarg massacre report access for Zakia

-The Telegraph A local court today directed the special investigation team probing the Gujarat riots to submit a complete report on the Gulbarg society massacre within a month but restricted its access to only the original complainant. Metropolitan magistrate M.S. Bhatt said Zakia Jafri — whose husband, former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri, was among 69 people killed on February 28, 2002,— would be given a certified copy, but not the other petitioners,...

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2002 riots: SIT against sharing report with activists

-PTI   The Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Sunday opposed sharing with activists its final report on the probe into allegations of Gujarat CM Narendra Modi's involvement in 2002 riots, as a court reserved till Wednesday its order on their plea seeking access to the crucial document.  During the hearing in the court of metropolitan magistrate M S Bhatt, the SC-appointed SIT opposed the applications by Teesta Seetalvad and other activists, saying some...

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