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The Gujarat police have submitted their report to the Central Government on the executions of four individuals, including 19-year old Ishrat Jahan Raza, accused of planning to assassinate Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi.  Raza was from Bombay and the Maharashtra police have not found any evidence linking her to militant activities, increasing the likelihood that […]

The appointment of the public prosecutors in the Best Bakery case, being retried in Maharashtra, has been settled with the appointment of two prosecutors from Maharashtra and two from Gujarat, with NGO consultation: The state government issued a notification on June 18 appointing P.R. Vakil, Manjula Rao, Zahiruddin Sheikh and S.M. Vora as the prosecutors […]

In what appears to be another faked encounter, the Gujarat police killed four young people, including student Ishrat Jahan Raza, stating the four were planning to assassinate Chief Minister Narendra Modi.  Survivors and activists charge Modi’s government with organizing the 2002 Gujarat carnage of Muslims. The Gujarat police claimed that Ishrat and three others belonged to an […]

In a visit over the weekend to Gurudwara Bangla Sahib in Delhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh spoke of the 1984 pogroms against Sikhs and the 2002 Gujarat pogroms against Muslims as “painful:” After paying obeisance at the shrine, Singh told the devotees in Punjabi: “I understand the pain and anguish of Sikhs. Painful incidents like […]

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) questioned a prominent Gujarat activist, Father Cedric Prakash, for 90 minutes today, focusing on his visit to the jail housing POTA detainees–the accused in the Godhra carnage: Police Inspector (CID Crime) J.G. Saiyed also inquired about Father Prakash’s visit to London in December 2003 where he allegedly made some inflammatory […]

Representatives of Zahira Sheikh, plaintiff in the Best Bakery retrial proceeding in Maharashtra, stated that they were not consulted in the selection of the public prosecutor: Ms. Teesta Setalvad, secretary of the CJP, told The Hindu today that “we had suggested several names to the Gujarat Government, but finally the person appointed as the public prosecutor […]

The Best Bakery trial began on June 7 in Maharashtra, but was adjourned until June 21 because of controversy over the appointment of the public prosecutor. Previously, the advocate representing Zahira Sheikh had requested the Maharashtra government to appoint the public prosecutor and news reports indicated that the petitioners were being consulted.  The Maharashtra Law […]

On June 7, a sessions court in Bombay will begin the retrial of the Best Bakery case, arising from the murders of 12 Muslims during the Gujarat pogroms of 2002: The Additional Sessions Judge, Abhay Thipsay, has been appointed by the Bombay High Court to conduct the re-trial. P.A. Kamat, registrar in-charge for the Sewri […]

Rehana Vora is a key witness in the Ode case arising from the 2002 Gujrat pogroms against Muslims, in which 27 people were killed, including members of her family.  She has stuck by her statement despite harassment by perpetrators and attempts to bribe her: Rehana says she has been threatened with dire consequences by the […]

The Gujarat Assembly passed a bill that resembles POTA, to ensure the continued detention of the Godhra accused in the event that POTA is repealed.  The Opposition had walked out prior to the passing of the bill.  Three sections were deleted on the advice of President Abdul Kalam: The Gujarat Assembly today passed the amended […]

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