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Eight get life sentences in Gujarat riots case
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
AY: Ahmedabad, Oct 30 (ANI): Eight people were awarded life sentences and three others were sentenced to three years of rigorous imprisonment by a session court in Godhra today in connection with a 2002 rioting incident in Eral in Gujarat. Among the 40 people, who were charged for rape, murder, arson and rioting, 29 were acquitted by the court today. The horrific incident in Eral took place on March 3, 2002 when a group of people attacked the village, leaving seven people dead, including two minor girls who were also raped by the assailants. Among the eight convicts, who were awarded with life sentence, three have been convicted for gang raping the two minor girls. However, the complainant, Madinabibi Sheikh, is likely to move higher court against the acquittal of the 29 accused. (ANI) Labels: Top-Stories
Massacre of Muslims in Gujarat had sanctions of Modi: Tehelka
Monday, October 29, 2007
New Delhi, Oct 25 (ANI): A weekly newsmagazine, Tehelka, has claimed that its investigation into 2002 post Godhra riots in Gujarat has found that the massacre of Muslims were carried out in full knowledge and sanction of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi.
The six-month long "investigation brings confirmation that the Gujarat murder of Muslims was not a spontaneous swell of anger, but a planned genocide strategised and executed by top functionaries of the RSS, the VHP, the Bajrang Dal and the state authorities, with the knowledge and sanction of Chief Minister Narendra Modi," Tehelka claimed.
The magazine quoted a BJP MLA, who said that he was present in the meeting in which Modi gave them "three days' time to do whatever they wanted. "He had given us three days time...to do whatever we could. He said he would not give us time after that...He said this openly," the news magazine quoted the MLA as saying.
After three days "he (Modi) asked us to stop and everything came to a halt," Haresh Bhatt, the then national co-coordinator of the Bajrang Dal was quoted, as saying."It appears that bombs were manufactured in factories owned by senior Bajrang Dal and VHP activists. Arms were smuggled from Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and Punjab, and then distributed to execution squads led by MLAs and senior members of the Sangh Parivar. Consignments of arms were not just smuggled in once, but 'there were tens and tens of them," Tehelka wrote.The news magazine also claims that elaborate legal subversion was done to save those accused for their role in the genocide. To help the foot soldiers, who actually raped, killed and looted, the strategists had constituted a panel of lawyers sympathetic to Hindu cause, claims Tehelka."To get me out on bail, Narendrabhai changed judges thrice," Tehelka quoted Babu Bajrangi, as saying. (ANI)Labels: Top-Stories
1916 Gujarati interview reveals Jinnah’s attributes
Washington, (ANI): Pakistan’s founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah followed the principle of “never be depressed” according to an interview he gave to a Gujarati journal way back in May 1916.In the interview given in Gujarati, which was made available to the Daily Times from the back files of literary journal Visami Sadi (the 20th Century), when asked what qualities a man should be admired for, Jinnah said “Independence”.And about a woman, he said, “Taking care of the elderly”.He termed “to be admired and loved by people,” as true success in life.His favourite pastime was horse-riding, while among the flowers he admired lilly.Shakespeare was Jinnah’s preferred writer and his favourite book was ‘The Count of Monte Cristo’ by Alexander Dumas.The journal also features a picture of Rutti Jinnah, taken a year after their marriage. He signed his name ‘Mahmad Ali Jhina’. (ANI)Labels: Top-Stories
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