On 28 February 2002 a mob laid siege to former member of Parliament Ehsan Jafri’s house. He held them off for hours with his licensed rifle. The police arrived, led by K.G. Erda. The police fired 61 rounds at the mob. Every bullet missed. +
The police could not kill, wound or hit a single person. The mob kept building. Seventy-three-year-old Jafri was called down. They stripped him, cut off his fingers, paraded him bleeding and naked. Then they cut off his hands, then his legs and then his head.
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K.G. Erda filed a report naming 11 people. He named two men twice by mistake. The home ministry promoted Erda to dep. superintendent.
Next, on March 1, 2002, the Best Bakery (situated in Hanuman Tekri) area was attacked and burned down by a mob. +
Next, on March 1, 2002, the Best Bakery (situated in Hanuman Tekri) area was attacked and burned down by a mob. +
The attack on the bakery resulted in the death of 14 people.
On 12 April 2004, the Supreme Court had to send the Best Bakery case out of Gujarat, to Maharashtra, adding a comment that “the investigating agency helps the accused...” (on Page 7 of the judgement).
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On 12 April 2004, the Supreme Court had to send the Best Bakery case out of Gujarat, to Maharashtra, adding a comment that “the investigating agency helps the accused...” (on Page 7 of the judgement).
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A mob on March 3, 2002, in Limkheda taluka of Dahod district raped Bilkis and killed 14 members of her family including her daughter, the bodies of 6 were never found. The Supreme Court ordered a CBI investigation in the case after Bilkis approached NHRC. +
The Gujarat police refused to register her complaint, only did so after the media started reporting on it, the police and doctors performing the post-mortem falsified evidence. The police buried the bodies in mass graves with skulls removed to prevent identification.+
In 2004, the Supreme Court directed the trial to be transferred from Gujarat to Maharashtra after Bilkis started getting death threats from the accused.
The SIT report said “The Gujarat govt. has reportedly destroyed police wireless communication of period pertaining to riots.”+
The SIT report said “The Gujarat govt. has reportedly destroyed police wireless communication of period pertaining to riots.”+
It added, “No records, documentations or minutes of the crucial law and order meetings held by the government during the riots had been kept.” (Page 13)
The SIT also said the government appointed VHP and RSS-affiliated advocates as public prosecutors in sensitive riot cases.+
The SIT also said the government appointed VHP and RSS-affiliated advocates as public prosecutors in sensitive riot cases.+
That it appeared the political affiliation of the advocates did weigh with the government for the appointment of public prosecutors. (Page 77) that “it has been found that appointees were in fact politically connected, either to ruling party or organizations sympathetic to it.”
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