Gist of BN Srikrishna's report: B N Srikrishna%u2019s report on Bombay riots in Dec 92, Jan-Feb 93 Volume I %u2013 Chapter II 1.11 8th January 1993 i) During the wee hours of 8th January 1993, at about 0030 hours, some of the Hindu residences in a chawl popularly known as Radhabai Chawl in Jogeshwari jurisdiction were locked from outside and set on fire by miscreants. One male and five female members of a Hindu family (Bane) and their neighbours were charred to death and three other Hindus sustained serious burn injuries. One of the victims was a handicapped girl. This incident was sensationalized by the media by giving exaggerated and provoking reports 1.15 12th January 1993 i) A gruesome incident occurs in Devipada in Kasturba Marg jurisdiction. A Hindu mob surrounds, strips and assaults two Muslim women. The older woman manages to run away. The uncle of the younger woman who comes to rescue the young girl of 19, and that girl, are beaten and burnt alive by the violent mob. The names of the miscreants are disclosed to police by a Hindu lady in the locality. (Though the miscreants were arrested and tried by the Sessions Court at Bombay, later on they were all acquitted on the ground that the panchanamas were defective and that the eye%u2013witnesses were not produced). The above two paragraphs indicate mindset of Retd. Justice BN Srikrishna. For him burning of six Hindus is an ordinary incident. But assaulting two Muslim women is a gruesome incident.
