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Tytler May Change Minister Portfolio
July 2, 2004 | Comments Off on Tytler May Change Minister Portfolio
Jagdish Tytler, the current Minister of State for NRI Affairs, may not stay long in this position. Witnesses and survivors of the 1984 pogroms of Sikhs have consistently named Tytler as one of the organizers and perpetrators of the massacres. The Nanavati Commission investigating the massacres has also issued a Section 8B notice against Tytler, […]
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Testimony over Godhra Fire; Perpetrators of Pogroms Released on Bail
July 2, 2004 | Comments Off on Testimony over Godhra Fire; Perpetrators of Pogroms Released on Bail
Recent testimony before the Nanavati and Shah commission, investigating the Godhra carnage of February 2002 in Gujarat and the ensuing pogroms against Muslims, challenges the claim of the Godhra fire resulting from a conspiracy hatched to target kar sevaks. K.C. Bawa, former Deputy Superintendent of Police, Western Railways, Ahmedabad division, told the commission that his […]