Has justice been delivered?
While the justice is delivered to the victims of train carnage, justice to the post Godhra riots victims is either delayed or deniedWASEEM GASHROOSentencing eleven people to death and 20 others for life term, special trial court has finally delivered justice after 9 years to the victims of Sabarmati Express. But is justice really delivered, well that’s a puzzle to solve.
Going back in history, the communal riots that broke out in Gujarat between Hindus and Muslims that followed just after the train carnage left more than 1200 people dead i.e. the deaths of about 790 Muslims and 254 Hindus. Why were the kar sevaks mostly attacked in the Godhra train who were coming back from the Ayodhya? Kar sevaks (Hindu religious volunteers) on their way back from a ceremony organised by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad at the disputed Ram Janmabhoomi / Babri Mosque site. Here it seems that the train carnage has its roots connected to the issue of Babri Masjid demolition. The court of additional session judge itself said, “The motive of murders was anger against kar sevaks, who were coming back from ayodhya”. A rumour spread that a Muslim girl had been abducted, which was later found to be baseless made the time so violent.
The riots that broke out after Godhra train carnage led to huge massacre in Gujarat. Well the court has brought the culprits of train carnage to book but who were the people who lead to such massacre in post Godhra riots, who were the perpetrators behind this anti-human act, this is the question that the judiciary has to deliver and make it public.
Denial of justice to the victims of post Godhra victims may fuel the feelings that justice is not balanced against the countries minorities. The Gujarat Government, in consultation with Central Government appointed Justice Nanavati and Shah to investigate Godhra and post-Godhra incidents. Nanavati Commission took a lot of time in talking to thousands of people including victims and eye-witnesses, interviewed thousands in an independent manner, and finally concluded that Godhra carnage was not an accident but the coach was set on fire by a mob, allegedly Muslims. They also gave a clean chit to Narendra Modi and noted that the efforts done by Government to take control of the situation were appreciable. But it is believed that some Hindu radical groups are behind the riots. They are enjoying their life and are roaming freely. By this verdict several sections of society raised their eye brows and are questioning why justice to post-godhra riots victims is delayed. And it is the same court which has acquitted Maulana Hassan Umarji, who was regarded as the “prime accused” or the “mastermind” of the train burning plot.
Calling the investigation “dubious” and the judgment “lopsided”, human rights activist Swami Agnivesh said the verdict would be challenged in the high court. The question whose answer everybody wants to know is how investigating agencies have summed up their theory of train carnage so fast and yet failing to nab the perpetrators of post Godhra massacre? Here the justice is delivered to the victims of train carnage and justice to the post Godhra riots victims is either delayed or denied.
Whom can we blame this time, politicians who are trying to secure these killer’s for their personal interest or the investigating agencies which are still far away to nab them or the judiciary which is bound by political system?
Summing up all questions, we need to take an initiative to maintain the communal harmony. This is one of the worst communal riots in independent India and the verdict itself, sentencing highest number of death sentences in any rioting and murder case.
The riots that broke out after Godhra train carnage led to huge massacre in Gujarat. Well the court has brought the culprits of train carnage to book but who were the people who lead to such massacre in post Godhra riots, who were the perpetrators behind this anti-human act, this is the question that the judiciary has to deliver and make it public.
Denial of justice to the victims of post Godhra victims may fuel the feelings that justice is not balanced against the countries minorities. The Gujarat Government, in consultation with Central Government appointed Justice Nanavati and Shah to investigate Godhra and post-Godhra incidents. Nanavati Commission took a lot of time in talking to thousands of people including victims and eye-witnesses, interviewed thousands in an independent manner, and finally concluded that Godhra carnage was not an accident but the coach was set on fire by a mob, allegedly Muslims. They also gave a clean chit to Narendra Modi and noted that the efforts done by Government to take control of the situation were appreciable. But it is believed that some Hindu radical groups are behind the riots. They are enjoying their life and are roaming freely. By this verdict several sections of society raised their eye brows and are questioning why justice to post-godhra riots victims is delayed. And it is the same court which has acquitted Maulana Hassan Umarji, who was regarded as the “prime accused” or the “mastermind” of the train burning plot.
Calling the investigation “dubious” and the judgment “lopsided”, human rights activist Swami Agnivesh said the verdict would be challenged in the high court. The question whose answer everybody wants to know is how investigating agencies have summed up their theory of train carnage so fast and yet failing to nab the perpetrators of post Godhra massacre? Here the justice is delivered to the victims of train carnage and justice to the post Godhra riots victims is either delayed or denied.
Whom can we blame this time, politicians who are trying to secure these killer’s for their personal interest or the investigating agencies which are still far away to nab them or the judiciary which is bound by political system?
Summing up all questions, we need to take an initiative to maintain the communal harmony. This is one of the worst communal riots in independent India and the verdict itself, sentencing highest number of death sentences in any rioting and murder case.
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