Objective: To state the facts pertaining to the 2002 riots and other riots in the history of independent India.

To not put any allegations and / or personal views in the paper. It is for the reader to make up his/her own mind. Sources: All relevant data has been compiled from various publicly available documents and websites such as Modinama by Madhu Kishwar, Wikipedia, You Tube, Citizens of Justice and Peace (CJP) Website, Firstpost.com, niticentral.com and www.voxindica.net. We have tried to simply reproduce the data available Modinama states the following about the facts they have put together. 1. Facts can be corroborated as various inquiry committees and SIT monitored by the Supreme Court have been constituted under the full glare of the media 2. Cannot fudge facts about deployment of army and paramilitary forces because of elaborate protocols involved in the movement of troops 3. Number of bullets fired, pattern of arrests, how many Hindus and how many Muslims held under preventive detention laws cant be fudged as high level inquiries have been done by various central agencies 4. If these facts were proved incorrect Narendra Modi could not have escaped indictment by the Supreme Court monitored SIT, Justice Nanavati Commission in 2005, or the High Court of Gujarat Timeline 27th Feb 2002 - 58 train passengers burnt alive as train moved out of Godhra railway station 28th Feb 2002 - first incidents of retaliatory mob violence reported, continued in full intensity on the 1st and 2nd of March 3rd Mar 2002 - Situation under control, after which small incidents were engineered here and there but put down firmly Pre Feb 27th 2002 (Date of Godhra Train Massacre) Between 1950 and 1995, 245 riots documented in the state of Gujarat (~5 per yr) Between 1950 and 1995, 1194 riots documented in India (~27 per yr) During Mr. Nehrus tenure 243 riots documented in 16 states over ~20 years (~12 per yr) During Mrs. Indira Gandhis rule 337 riots in 15 states over 16 years (~20 per yr) During Mr. Rajiv Gandhis rule 291 riots in 16 states over 5 years (~58 per yr) Narendra Modi made chief minister at the end of 2011 - ~3.5 months before Feb 2002 Modi - Declared elected on Feb 26th 2002, Next day Feb 27th 2002 the riots began - was supposed to present his first budget on the 27th Feb 27th 2002 4.30PM - CM reaches Godhra and inspects the rail bogies; issues following statement. The government has taken a serious note of this.This government will not allow anyone involved to go scot-free and is taking fool-proof stepsThis is mass violence. This government is always trying to bring about communal harmony and is in favour of preventing any communal flare-up.This inhuman terrorist crime of collective /mass violence is not an incident of communal violence. (Translated from Gujarati, source: CM Press release). The Government will not be lacking in discharging duty...No efforts will be spared in ensuring law and order. (Source: CM Press release, Godhra). In the press meet on 27th itself, the Chief Minister said that though the Godhra incident is shocking and sad, people should not take law into their hands and government will ensure law and order by taking necessary steps. Imposition of Curfew in Godhra and other troubled areas from the 27th itself First Alert message received from the home department to take precautionary and preventive measures All the Police Commissioners, District Magistrates and Superintendents of Police directed to remain in the headquarters and monitor the situation In order to cope with the emerging law and order situation during

the Gujarat Bandh call given by BJP, VHP and others to protest the massacre at Godhra railway station. Request was made to the Government of India to provide 10 companies of Central Para Military Forces in addition to 4 companies of Rapid Action Force. Large scale preventive arrests of Hindus and Muslims starting February 27, the day of Godhra incident. On the day of Godhra massacre, 217 preventive arrests made, out of which 137 were Hindus and 80 were Muslims. This despite the fact that several BJP leaders, including some who were part of Modis own Cabinet, were actively fomenting trouble The entire police force of 6,000 is deployed in sensitive areas of Gujarat on the very first day 62 Companies of State Reserve Police Force and Central Para Military Forces companies deployed on February 27; Out of 62, 58 were of SRPF and 4 were of CPMF After his return from Godhra, Chief Minister calls a late night meeting of senior officials at his residence at 11 PM to review the law and order situation and assess the preparedness of the government in dealing with it. Modi asks his officials to explore the possibility of army deployment. Enquiries made with the local army revealed that no force was available for deployment, as all the units were deployed on the Gujarat border with Pakistan where a war like situation existed following the Pak inspired terror attack on the Indian parliament in December 2001. At such a point, the Centre alone could take a decision regarding Army deployment.

Feb 28th 2002 Gujarat Government requests neighbouring states of Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan to send additional police force. Digvijay Singh as CM of Madhya Pradesh and Ashok Gehlot as CM of Rajasthan decline the request saying they have no forces to spare. Maharashtra CM, Vilasrao Deshmukh sent some police force which was returned to them as soon as the situation came under control. (Please watch debates on you tube between Narendra Modi and Digvijay Singh) - 3 minutes onwards http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zz-Ezie67Xg Modi makes a telephonic request to the then Home Minister, L.K. Advani for deployment of the Army. As a follow up, Gujarat government sends a fax to the Secretary Ministry of Defence at 2.30 p.m. seeking deployment of the Army. Due to tense situation at the Border and the on-going Operation Prakram, the Army cannot be withdrawn from the Indo- Pak border of Gujarat. Therefore, army units have to be airlifted from other states. CM issued instructions to provide safe escort to the 6000 Haj Pilgrims returning to the State. This was followed by further measures in later days. All the 6000 Haj pilgrims from 400 different towns and villages of Gujarat reached their homes safely under police escort on 20.03.2002. Message from Home Department to all the concerned officers to round up anti social elements and known communal elements under preventive laws. George Fernandes, the then Defence Minister, arrives in Gandhi Nagar and meets the CM at 10.30 p.m. The first aircraft carrying army personnel lands at Ahmedabad by midnight of 28th February. 13 Columns of Army deployed to assist the State Civil administration. Statement by Narendra Modi at 7PM on the 28th of February on Doordarshan in Gujarat - after which it was repeatedly broadcast. View for yourself - 6.24 minutes - Available widely in mainstream media / you tube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIRMR8zW0iI Mar 1st 2002 Chief Secretary issued orders to use force including Shoot- at- Sight on 1stMarch, that is, within a day after the riots broke out on 28th February. Army deployed on the ground within 20 hours of the start of violence despite troops having to be airlifted. The Defence Minister personally supervised the deployment of the army which commenced on the morning of 1st. The deployment was facilitated on a war footing by the government. The District Magistrate Ahmedabad provided 6 buses, 9 trucks and 15 jeeps for use by the army by 2:30 a.m. By 3 p.m. 26 red flags were also provided for the army. During the day 39 other vehicles were also provided to the army personnel. 18 mobile phones were provided to the army on 1st March itself to facilitate better communication. Liaison officers and escort officers from the police were also provided to the army by the morning of 1st March By 11 a.m. the Army reached some of the affected areas in the city i.e. Paldi, Juhapura, Vejalpur, Shahpur, Bapunagar,Rakhial, Gomtipur, Meghaninagar, Draiapur, Kalupur, Naroda and Dania Limba. In Ahmedabad total of 9 columns of Army were deployed on 1.03.2002 A total of 131 vehicles were provided to the army for their movement.

In addition 7 Executive magistrates were provided to the army by 7:30 AM followed by three more. A total of 32 Executive magistrates were provided to the army because the army cannot shoot without a magistrates orders.

Statements by Narendra Modi on 1.03.2002 Orders for shoot-at-sight have been issued to deal strictly with the people involved in violence. Gujarats peace and tranquillity will not be allowed to be disturbed by anti-social elements intent on exploiting the peoples anger. Restoring peace is our topmost priority. We will act strongly against those disturbing the peace.( CM Press release) Verify before printing/broadcasting do not spread false news.(Source: CM Press release) Kriya pratikriya ki chain chal rahi hai. Hum chhahate hain ki na kriya ho aur na pratikriya (A chain of action-reaction has set in. We wish to see an end to both action and reaction) Zee TV Interview with Sudhir Chowdhary, Gandhinagar. SIT Investigation established that Zee TV deleted the last line to give the impression that Modi was justifying reaction by way of mob violence to avenge the killings of Godhra. Do not mention names of communities as per established press ethics and practices to stop the spreading of violence. ( CM Press release) Do not show visuals of the dead people to avoid emotional flare ups leading to violence (Source: CM Press release) Appeal for peace (Source: CM Press release) There will no compromise in law and order situation. Gujarats peace and tranquillity will not be allowed to be disturbed by anti-social elements intent on exploiting the peoples anger/feelings. (Source: CM Press release) March 2nd 2002: 14 aircrafts airlifted to Rajkot and the first plane landed in Rajkot by 0300 hours on 02-03-2002.Later on 2 columns of the Army were dispatched to Godhra on 02-03-2002 and they reached Godhra at 1.30 PM on the same day. Two columns of the Army were moved to Baroda on 01-03-2002 at 1830 hours. Two columns of Army were moved to Rajkot on 02-03-2002 at 1100 hours. A total of 573 preventive arrests were made out of which 477 were Hindus and 96 Muslims. 16 persons were killed in police firing, out of which 12 were Hindus and 4 Muslims. 482 Hindus and 229 Muslims were arrested for offence. Total SRPF and CPMF deployed in the state on 2.03.2002 was 88-1-2, out of which 64-1-2 were SRPF and 24-0-0 were CPMF. Statements by Narendra Modi on 2.03.2002: I appeal to people to cooperate with the security staff in order to maintain law and order and in the performance of their duties. ( Source: Sandesh/Gujarat Samachar) Interest of Gujarat lies in peace and not in communal tension or disturbances. (Source: CM Press release) State Government is committed to pacify the wide spread anger amongst the people and restore law and order with strong political will.( CM Press release) Government cannot shy away from its moral duty of maintaining law and order in the state.(Sandesh/ Gujarat Samachar) No one will be allowed to take law into their own hands and strict directives have been given to deal very firmly with all those provoking the people and all such elements trying to disturb the atmosphere. ( CM Press release) March 3rd 2002: Army columns were moved to Surat on 03-03-2002 at 11 a.m. and to Bhavnagar on 03-03-2002 at 10.35 p.m. hours in the wake of incidents of violence reported from Bhavnagar and Surat. At the peak of deployment there were 26 army columns in the state. Total number of preventive arrests on 3.02.2002 was 280 Hindus and 83 Muslims. 416 Hindus and 173 Muslims were arrested for offences. 10 Hindus were killed in police firing. Statements by Narendra Modi on 3.03.2002: Government cannot shy away from its moral duty of maintaining law and order in the stateall sections of the society too have a role to play in restoring peace quickly I appeal to people to cooperate with the security staff in order to maintain law and order and in performance of their duties

In Gujarat Samachar dated 3.03.2002 the Chief Minister appealed- After the earthquake of last year and riots now we do not wish to see the future of lakhs of students of the state turning into despair...March is the month of examinations and therefore, I appeal to parents, guardians and educationists to help restore peace quickly and keep the atmosphere stress-free so that all examinations are finished in time ( Source: Gujarat Samachar)

March 4th 2002: 65 SRPF and 29 CPMF companies were deployed in the state during that day. Out of 285 preventive arrests 241 were of Hindus and 44 of Muslims. 301 Hindus and 75 Muslims were arrested for offences, while 4 Hindus died in police firing. Overall: During the riots, police fired 103,559 rounds of bullets. More than half fired in the first 72 hours; Through the period of disturbances, in all 66,268 Hindus and 10,861 Muslims were taken into custody under preventive detention laws. The above provides a brief overview of the actions taken by Modi during the first 3 days of riots. All these facts, statements can be confirmed from newspapers of those days. I will gladly correct myself if provided with more reliable counterfacts. Modinama 2012: In 2012, Modi was cleared of complicity in the violence by a Special Investigation Team appointed by the Supreme Court of India. Teesta Setalvad: (Sourced from Wikipedia) Secretary - Citizens of Justice and Peace (CJP) - organization formed for fighting for justice for the victims of communal violence in the state of Gujarat in 2002. CJP is a co-petitioner seeking criminal trial of Narendra Modi CJP - NGO set up by Teesta Setalvad, her husband, Alyque Padamsee, Anil Dharker, Father Cedric Prakash, Javed Akhtar, Rahul Bose and Vijay Tendulkar Apr 2004 - Supreme Court in response to CJP - ruled "Best Bakery Case" be moved to Maharashtra and be reinvestigated. Also overturned the acquittal of 21 accused Best Bakery Case - Zaheera Sheikh - key witness - Supreme Court awarded her a 1 year sentence for perjury in 2005. In nov 2010 - Setalvad was accused of pressurising Zaheera to make certain statements - she was absolved of these charges by the Supreme Court. Setalvad's former aid Rais Khan Pathan has filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court alleging manipulation of evidence, which were in the form of statements of witnesses, by her in five sensitive post-Godhra riot cases http://www.scribd.com/doc/73349980/The-Truth-behind-Best-Bakery-case-how-Teesta-Setalvadtutored-witnesses In April 2009, the Times of India ran a story claiming that the Special Investigation Team (SIT) setup by the Supreme Court of India to investigate and expedite the Gujarat riot cases had submitted before the Court that Teesta Setalvad had cooked up cases of violence to spice up the incidents. The SIT which is headed by former CBI director, R K Raghavan has said that false witnesses were tutored to give evidence about imaginary incidents by Teesta Setalvad and other NGOs. The SIT charged her of cooking up macabre tales of killings The court was told that 22 witnesses, who had submitted identical affidavits before various courts relating to riot incidents, were questioned by SIT and it was found that the witnesses had not actually witnessed the incidents and they were tutored and the affidavits were handed over to them by Setalvad. The report which was brought to the notice of the bench consisting of Justices Arijit Pasayat, P Sathasivam and Aftab Alam, noted that the much publicised case of a pregnant Muslim woman Kausar Bano being gang raped by a mob and foetus being removed with sharp weapons, was also fabricated, and false A day later, the Times of India published a letter from Citizens for Justice and Peace claiming that the report in question was not SIT report but a report by the Gujarat Government. The author of the Times article responded saying "My report was based on the SIT report and not any document circulated by the Gujarat government, as suggested by CJP. Whether any section of the media has the report or not is irrelevant as TOI has access to the report. R.K.Raghavan, the chairman of the SIT criticised the report leakage, saying, "The alleged reported leaks appear to be inspired by dubious motives. I cannot confirm such claims. The act is highly condemnable". However, he refused to deny or confirm whether the leaked contents were true. The Supreme Court itself condemned the leaking of the SIT report as a 'betrayal of trust' but did not deny the report itself. Raghvan

noted that "many incidents were cooked up, false witnesses were tutored to give evidence about imaginary incidents, and false charges levelled against the then Ahmedabad police chief P C Pandey" In 2013, twelve residents of the Gulberg Society who were the victim of Gujarat riots, accused Setalvad of collecting donations in the name of riot victims but failing to utilise them for their benefit and sent a legal notice to her. They claimed that she had collected huge donations from national and international organisations in the name of providing financial assistance for reconstruction of houses or developing the society into a museum but it was not passed to the members of the society. They also sought to ban her organisation "Citizens for Justice and Peace" and prevent them entering the society to organise programmes. The Ahmedabad Crime Branch is conducting an inquiry into the matter. http://www.scribd.com/doc/130117742/Gulbarg-Society-members-file-Criminal-complaint-against-TeestaSetalvad In April 2013, the Supreme Court appointed Special Investigation Team while opposing the protest petition filed by Jafri against SIT's closure report, submitted before a local court in relation to a complain filed by Setalvad that Teesta Setalvad and others have falsified the complaint targeting chief minister who had never said that go and kill people. Their lawyer further submitted that the so-called incident of Chief Minister (Narendra Modi) giving instructions (in the meeting) to high-level police officers not to take action against the rioters is a sole creation of Teesta Setalvad. There is no evidence to the same and that Setalvad was not present during the incident

Sanjiv Bhatt (Sourced from Wikipedia) IIT Mumbai, IPS officer in Gujarat - joined IPS in 1988, During Godhra Riots was Additional Deputy Commissioner in the State Intelligence Bureau, subsequently claimed to have been present at a meeting involving Narendra Modi when the government response to the events was discussed. He said that the meeting determined to bring the dead to Ahmedabad prior to cremation, and that he had cautioned against this because the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the youth wing of the Hindutva-oriented Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP), the Bajarang Dal (BD), were stirring tensions and violence might ensue. The VHP had proposed a bandh (an illegal general strike) and Bhatt claimed that the then Director General of Police, K. Chakrabarthy, and the city Police Commissioner, P. C. Pandey, had raised concerns regarding the manpower available to deal with this, and both men advised that it was not wise for the bodies to be taken to Ahmedabad. He also claimed that at the meeting Modi had asked police officials to allow "Hindus to vent out their anger against Muslims, while failing to give any instructions that might protect the populace. Bhatt also says that he sent some fax messages to major officials soon after the meeting ended and that these referred to the meeting itself, the decision regarding the bodies of the dead and the growing activity of the BJP and BD. Subsequently, riots occurred in which around 1200 people died, most of whom were Muslim. Described as a whistleblower both by some of the Indian media and some pressure groups, Bhatt has since referred to the events as "state-sponsored riots" and has alleged both that Modi told his officials to be "indifferent" towards rioters and said that Muslims needed to be "taught a lesson". The SIT released all details of its investigations related to the Jaffri complaint of complicity on 7 May 2012, following deposition of its final report with the courts. The release included the two reports of Ramachandran, the amicus, that had been submitted in January and July 2011. The documents revealed that the SIT believed that Bhatt had not been present at the meeting and that this was supported both by statements from those who had been present and by analysis of Bhatt's telephone records, which suggested that he was in Ahmedabad at the time. The SIT also found that the fax message that Bhatt claimed to have sent never existed and he concocted it later and the signatures of his superior officers were forged. Their preliminary report did note that there was a lack of credibility among the witnesses present at the meeting, some of whom had retired and were claiming either a loss of memory or had been in receipt of retirement benefits that might impact upon their neutrality. In addition, the SIT considered Bhatt to be an unreliable witness who had attempted to coach other witnesses, had not provided adequate explanation for his nine-year silence regarding the events surrounding the meeting and had been imprecise in his description of the events. They also though that he had "an axe to grind" against the state. Zakia Jafri (Sourced from Wikipedia and Modinama) Ehsan Jafri, husband of Zakia Jafri was killed during the 2002 riots. He was a MP and member of the congress party. Ehsan Jafri's Gulbarg Society - 150 people were saved including his wife Zakia Jafri, first FIR - she admitted to being rescued by the police, charges against Modi and 63 others came 4 years later based on secondary sources The Tehelka report elicited no response from the Gujarat police, and four months later, the Supreme Court appointed a high level investigative team, including the ex-chief of the Central Bureau of Investigation to investigate eleven major unresolved cases arising from the riots, including this murder. However in April

2012, a Special Investigation Team found that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi had absolutely no role in the killing of Ehsan Jafri. Later a protest petition was filed by his wife Zakia Jafri seeking rejection of the said SIT report and Supreme Court accepted the same and the case is under process of being heard. SIT has strongly opposed this petition and said that "Modi has never said that go and kill people". Other News Reports Stating people who were saved at the time of the riots as per Modinama Shahnawaz Hussain - Madrasa near Chota Udaipur - 400 students trapped inside the madarasa surrounded by the mob - saved Najma Heptullah - 2002 Deputy chairman of Rajya Sabha as a congress member, joined BJP in 2004 Area called Kankadiya, Colony of Khoja Muslims saved 5000 people were saved from Noorani mosque by ahmedabad police 240 persons were saved at Sardarpura in Mehsana district and shifted to safe places 450 lives were saved in Pore and Nardipur villages and shifted to safer places. 200 persons were saved in Sanjoli village; 1500 persons were rescued from Fatehpura village in Vadodra district; 3000 people were saved and shifted from Kawant village. Other Claims: Over 200 persons convicted, 152 been awarded life imprisonment, many cases still on-going 90% Cases going on in Gujarat before local magistrates and the investigating officers are local police - run by state government SIT investigation added very few names to the list already booked by the Gujarat government All previous and subsequent riots in India have been handled by the respective state governments - this is the only one which is being monitored by the Supreme Court Other Interesting Articles: Summary of the Supreme Court Monitored SIT report http://m.niticentral.com/post.php?p=67291 Article on Riots in India http://www.firstpost.com/india/not-just-modi-guide-to-communal-riots-before-2002and-after-688714.html Justice Tewatia Committee Report http://www.gujaratriots.com/index.php/2010/04/justice-tewatiacommittee-report/ Nanawati Commission Report http://home.gujarat.gov.in/homedepartment/downloads/godharaincident.pdf Interview: you tube video - please see the interview Narendra modi gave to Shahid Siddiqui - Journalist and member of Samajwadi Party about the 2002 Riots in recent times. Mr. Siddiqui was subsequently removed from the SP for taking this interview. part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnG2JthTXa8 part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lq3HIqAnOQI part 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9ZejpoFDb4 Relief and Rehabilitation: Details provided about various aspects of the relief and rehabilitation of victims by the Gujarat Government were agitated against in various forums. All such petitions were rejected by both the Gujarat High Court and Supreme Court of India with the courts in fact appreciating the Relief and Rehabilitation steps taken by the Government. The Gujarat High Court appreciating (and advising the petitioners to appreciate) the steps taken by the Government in the management of the camps, made the following observations among others: it must be said that since the State has already appointed Mr. S.M.F. Bukhari, a retired I.A.S. Officer, as Chief Coordinator for looking after the relief and rehabilitation facility at various camps , the Court is of the opinion that the State has also taken care to some extent in trying to sort out the problem, which is ventilated by the petitioners in this petition, and the said gesture on the part of the State is required to be appreciated. The efforts put in by the State Government in this behalf, as indicated above, are required to be appreciated [Gujarat High Court Order - Special CA No: 3773 of 2002, (3 May 2002)] The Amicus Curies suggestion in the Supreme Court to constitute a cell to reopen relief and rehabilitation matters through [Cr. MP 3742 in WP 109/2003] was not accepted by the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court also disposed of petitions alleging negligence in relief and rehabilitation along with various other allegations - directing the petitioners (Mahasweta Devi - [WP (Crl.) No.530/2002] and Mallika Sarabhai [WP (crl.) No. 221/2002]) to approach the Guj High Court, where these issues are being monitored. [Supreme Court of India - WP (Crl.) No.530/2002 & WP (crl.) No. 221 of 2002, (17 Aug 2004)].

Appendix 1: SPECIAL INVESTIGATION TEAM (SIT) Appointed by the Supreme Court of India Date of Appointment: 29 April 2009 Date of official release of the (closure) report: 8 February 2012 Members of the SIT on the date of release of the (closure) report: R.K. Raghvan Former director of Central Bureau of Investigation. Former joint director of the Intelligence Bureau, New Delhi Y.C. Modi 1984 batch officer of Meghalaya cadre who was posted as a DIG in CBI also probed the Haren Pandya murder case As part of SIT, Y C Modi, , investigated the killings at Gulberg Society, Naroda Patiya and Naroda Gam K. Venkatesam 1988-batch IPS officer from Maharashtra cadre Himanshu Shukla Deputy commissioner of police in Ahmedabad Crime Branch

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A. K. Malhotra Paramvir Singh Geetha Johri

Former Members: Former DIG of the Central Bureau of Investigation Retired. Special Director of CBI He exited the SIT soon after he recorded the statement Gujarat's first woman IPS officer Currently the Managing Director of Gujarat Police Housing Corporation Former deputy Commissioner of Police in Ahmadabad Former Commissioner of Police in Rajkot Supervised the investigation in Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case before CBI She was removed by the Supreme Court in April 2010 from the SIT due to the bribery charges pressed against her in the Soharabuddin Sheikh case Additional Director General of Police ADGP (law and order), CID, he was removed from the SIT by the Supreme Court when it was revealed that he was an accused in the complaint filed by Zakia Jafri, the widow of former Congress MP Ahsan Jafri who was killed in the Gulberg Society rioting Former Director of Anti Corruption Bureau in Gujarat Current Special Director, Additional Crime Branch, Ahmadabad 1988 batch IPS officer from Maharashtra cadre Known for his contribution in tackling the 26/11 terror attacks Current Deputy Commissioner of police in Ahmedabad Crime Branch, was appointed to the abovementioned post in 2010 1972 batch IPS officer and Former DGP of Uttar Pradesh Probed the Godhra carnage since 2002 and had floated the terror conspiracy theory while booking the accused under Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) SIT dropped Parmar after relatives of the accused requested for his removal

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Shivanand Jha

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Ashish Bhatia K. Venkatesam Himanshu Shukla C.B. Satpathy Noel Parmar

Appendix 2: NANAVATI SHAH COMMISSION Government of Gujarat appointed a Commissions of Inquiry under Section 3 of the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1952 to probe into the facts, circumstances and all the course of events of the incidents that led to setting on fire some coaches of the Sabarmati Express Train on 27.2.2002 near Godhra Railway Station and the subsequent incidents of violence in the State in the aftermath of the Godhra incident Date of Appointment: 2 months after the riot Date of official release of the (closure) report : September 2008

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Justice G.T. Nanavati Justice Akshay H. Mehta

Former Judge of the Supreme Court of India (retired in 2000) Headed the commission set up for the investigation of 1984 anti - Sikh riots in Delhi Former Judge of the Gujarat High Court (retired in 2007) Members

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Appendix 3: Please see below for the list of worst riots in India as per the website below without Godhra 2002. We have tried to remove any opinion and reproduced facts available here. http://www.voxindica.net/2012/02/many-previous-riots-top-gujarat-in.html Riot 1: 1947 Communal riots in Bengal | 5000-10000 Killed | Ruling party - Congress Riot 2: 1969 | Ahmedabad | More than 512 Killed in the city. 3000 to 15000 range in the entire state | Riots for 6 months | Ruling party - Congress Riot 3: Oct 1984 | Communal riots in Delhi | 2733 Killed | Ruling party Congress | Almost 100% casualty were Sikhs, Followed by Big Tree falls justification Riot 4: Feb 1983 | Communal violence in Nellie, Assam | 2000-5000 killed | PM Indira Gandhi (Congress party) - India's worst slaughter of Muslims in any single riot (just 6 HOURS) Riot 5: 1964 Communal riots in Rourkela & Jamshedpur | 2000 Killed | Ruling party Congress Riot 6: August 1980 | Moradabad Communal riots | Approx 2000 Killed | Ruling Party Congress Riot 7: October 1989 | Bhagalpur, Bihar riots | 800 to 2000 killed | Ruling party Congress Riot 8: Dec 1992 - Jan 1993 | Mumbai, Maharashtra riots | 800 to 2000 killed | Ruling party Congress Riot 9: April 1985 | Communal riots in Ahmedabad, Gujarat | At least 300 Killed | Ruling party Congress Riot 10: Dec 1992 | Aligarh, UP | At least 176 killed | Ruling party Congress (President's rule) Riot 11: December 1992 | Surat, Gujarat | At least 175 killed | Ruling party Congress Riot 12: December 1990 | Hyderabad, AP | At least 132 killed | Ruling party Congress Riot 13: August 1967 | 200 Killed | Communal riots in Ranchi | Ruling Party Congress Riot 14: April 1979 | Communal riots in Jamshedpur, West Bengal | More than 125 killed | Ruling party CPIM (Communist Party) Riot 15: 1970 | Bhiwandi communal riots in Maharashtra | Around 80 killed | Ruling party Congress Riot 16: May 1984 | Communal riots in Bhiwandi | 146 Killed, 611 Inj | Ruling party Congress | Riot 17: Apr-May 1987 | Communal violence in Meerut, UP | 81 killed | Ruling party Congress Riot 18: July 1986 | Communal violence in Ahmedabad, Gujarat | 59 Killed | Ruling party Congress Disclaimer: All relevant data contained in this article has been compiled for informational purposes only, on an as-is-where-is basis, from publicly available sources, including reports, and judgments, available at the time of compilation. We encourage readers to base their opinion on data from sources which are publicly available, and whose authenticity can be verified. Each of statements in this article is contextual and should therefore be read in conjunction with all other statements in this article, taken together. The article is limited to the matters expressly set out herein and should not be read as extending by implication to any other matter. India First shall not, in any way, be liable for any direct, indirect, special, punitive, consequential or other damages, losses or expenses, whether tortuous, contractual or otherwise, in connection with the use or further dissemination of this article.