First part of the Nanavati Commission report investigating into the Godhra train carnage was tabled in the Gujarat Assembly on the first day of it’s monsoon session. In 2002, 59 Hindus including women and children were attacked by stones and cruelly burnt alive in Sabarmati Express compartment while train was passing through the Muslim locality in Godhra.

The Nanavati report says the incident of burning S-6 coach of Sabarmati Express on February 27, 2002, was a pre-planned conspiracy and not an accident. It also says that Maulvi(Muslim cleric) Hussain Umarji planned the entire conspiracy.

The report says that 140 liters of petrol was purchased as the part of conspiracy to burn the bogey. Abdul Razzaq Mohammed Kurkur and Salim Panwala had purchased petrol on the night of February 26 to be used in burning the bogey of Sabarmati Express.

The conspiracy was hatched at Aman guest house and meant to spread terror in the area.Doors of S-6 and S-7 bogey were forcibly opened and a person called Hassan Lalu threw objects which were burning inside the bogey, according to the report.

Others named in the conspiracy are Shaukat Lalu, Imran Sheri, Rafique Batuk, Salim Zarda, Jabir Binyamin Behra, Sheraj Bala.

The first part of the report in it’s last paragraph says that there was no evidence of the role of CM(Narendra Modi), any Gujarat minister or police in this case. The report adds that there was no evidence of them having not been able to provide protection, relief or rehabilitation to any riot victim.

As the report was being tabled in Gujarat assembly, Congress tried to raise ‘point of order’ but speaker disallowed. Congress legislators staged a walkout in the Assembly and shouted slogans outside the floor.

Meanwhile, spokesperson of Gujarat government and also the Health Minister of the state Jai Narayan Vyas said,

“The report has clearly gone into details, analyzed all the evidences and has come to the conclusion that there was no failure of machinery as far as maintenance of law and order is concerned.”

“It had been conclusively established that Nanavati Commission was a commission, UC Banerjee Committee was just a committee not a commission,” he added.(In Photos-Top-To-Bottom:(1)Justice Nanavati(rtd) and Mehta(rtd) presenting first part of Godhra findings report to Chief Minister Narendra Modi in Gandhinagar,(2)Coach s-6 of Sabarmati Express about which the first part of report was,(3)Burnt body of a Hindu child who was in the coach attacked by Muslims mob in Godhra,(4)Burnt body of Hindu in Sabarmati Express coach S-6.)

Related Links:

-Liars should apologize to Gujarat:Modi

-Terror’s Mask:India Today article on Maulvi Umarji

-Godhra:Tracking the plan:India Today article on Godhra investigation

-Godhra:1928:The story of Muslims war on Hindus as told by Gandhiji

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