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Gulberg Society case: Gujarat highlights why the Bill against communal violence is needed

-The Economic Times   The special court's verdict in the communal killings in Ode and the Special Investigation Team's (SIT) closure of investigation in the Gulberg Society massacre - after finding no evidence to prosecute CM Narendra Modi and top political leaders, bureaucrats and police officers - highlight the laboriousness of delivering some measure of justice to the victims of the carnage in Gujarat in 2002.  The SIT's report is by no means...

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Gujarat riots: 18 get life imprisonment, 5 get 7-year jail in Ode massacre-Saeed Khan

A designated Special Investigation Team (SIT) court on Thursday pronounced the quantum of sentence in the Ode massacre case in which 23 people were found guilty of killing 23 Muslims in the Ode town of central Gujarat during the 2002 riots. Judge Poonam Singh punished 18 persons, guilty of murder, with life imprisonment and five others, guilty of attempt to murder, with seven-year jail term. The charges of conspiracy, rioting, arson,...

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Nine per cent candidates declare criminal cases-Prgaya Kaushika

This municipal elections, all political parties are going in ‘clean’, or at least so they claim. The Association for Democratic Reforms on Tuesday listed the criminal cases against candidates in the fray for the post of councillors. Out of 211, BJP has 39 candidates (18 per cent) who have criminal cases against them. Congress has 28 candidates out of 207 (14 per cent), BSP has 19 out of 214 (14 per...

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Gujarat massacre: 23 killed, 23 guilty, 23 acquitted

-The Times of India   More than a decade after 23 people, mostly women and children, were killed when a mob set ablaze a shelter for Muslims huddled together for safety in Ode during the post-Godhra riots, a Gujarat court on Monday found 23 of the suspects guilty of murder and conspiracy. The Supreme Court-appointed special investigation team (SIT) has sought the death sentence for those convicted of murder.  The special court in...

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23 guilty in Gujarat riot case by Basant Rawat

A Gujarat court today convicted 23 of the 46 accused in a 2002 riot case in which a mob torched a house where four families had taken shelter, killing 23 people. The court in Anand district will hand down the sentences on April 12 in the so-called “Ode massacre” or “Pirawali massacre”, one of the nine cases probed by the Supreme Court-appointed special investigation team (SIT). This is the third Gujarat riot...

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