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Re: letter of ex-commissioner police
by mailerumsfield on Sep 10, 2009 11:16 PM

The outcome of the SIT's investigation and actions following it may prove to be a benchmark in the history of our country.

1. Communalisation of Gujarat: The mayhem in Gujarat was the result of a thoroughly thought out elaborate and heinous strategy to communalise the society at large in Gujarat, with a view to derive political benefits. Towards that end the exclusivist, fundamentalist and sectarian pseudo-religious groups among Hindus and Muslims played a leading role, aided and abetted by those at the helm.

2. Examination of participants in the crucial meeting chaired by the CM Narendra Modi: Examination of the following persons is crucial for the purpose of the SIT:
a) Smt Swarnakanta Varma IAS, the then Acting Chief Secretary
b) Mr Ashok Narayan, IAS, the then Home Secretary
c) Dr P K Mishra, IAS, the then Principal Secretary to the CM
d) Mr Anil mukim, IAS & Mr A K Sharma, IAS Secretaries to CM
e) Mr P C Pande IPS, then Commissioner of Police Ahmedabad [ Images ]
f) Shri K Chakravarty, IPS, the then DG of Police, Gujarat
g) Shri G C Raiger, IPS, the then Addl DGP of Gujarat
h) Shri Nityanand, IPS, Secretary in the Home Department.

3. Representative of CBI: The SIT must examine Shri Rajendrakumar, the then Jt.Director, Central Intelligence Bureau in charge of Gujarat who had insisted on the state DGP to deem the burning of the train at Godhra as a terrorist act mounted by the ISI.

4. Examination of Ministers: Examine all those ministers of Shri Modi'

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Re: Re: letter of ex-commissioner police
by mailerumsfield on Sep 10, 2009 11:17 PM
. Examination of Ministers: Examine all those ministers of Shri Modi's government about the details of the meeting held at the residence of the CM on 27.02.2002, including the then Minister of State for Home Shri Govardhan Zadapiya who had admitted in the state assembly about the meeting convened by the CM. It may be mentioned that the state assembly was in session on the day the tragic events took place at Godhra. This can be verified from the official records of the state assembly. This will clarify that the CM had directed the officers to permit free play of Hindu revengefulness on the Muslims (Reference to June 03, 2002 issue of the weekly Outlook).

5. Whether prompt action taken: Examine whether there was delay in requisitioning army and central paramilitary forces with a view to give free hand to the anti-Muslim rioters.

6. Law and order review meeting minutes: Examine the minutes of the law and order review meetings chaired by the CM, the chief secretary, and the DGP jointly or otherwise and subsequent follow up action by subordinate officers in the police department, and executive magistracy from district magistrates to Mamalatdars. If minutes were not kept it would be obvious that monitoring of the implementation of decisions could not haven been done.

7. Follow-up action: Examine how the monitoring of the implementations of the decisions in these review meetings was done by the CM to DGP without minutes of these meetings.

8. Media reports sources: Co

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Re: Re: Re: letter of ex-commissioner police
by mailerumsfield on Sep 10, 2009 11:18 PM
8. Media reports sources: Conduct deeper probe in to the source of media reports about the meeting chaired by the CM, where the CM directed the officials to be soft on Hindu rioters.

Investigation on the above lines could provide evidence of extra judicial confessions.

Some further investigations that are necessary are:

a) Examination of documents on the communications between and among the CM's office, CS Office, home department, DGP office and the commissioners of police of Ahmedabad, Baroda, and SPs of major riot affected districts in the period from 27.02.2002 to 31.05.2002. Similar correspondence from the relevant police stations to district / commissionerate level officers also be examined to find out whether there were major omissions and commissions to facilitate the pogrom against the Muslims

b) Examination of documents on communications between the DGP and the state control room in Gandhinagar, and the commissionarates, besides offices of the DSPs, Addl DGP (Intelligence)

c) Examination of entries in the registers and log books of the police patrol vehicles in cities and important towns.

d) Examination of documents on various incidents and action reported by DGP and CP Ahmedabad and riot affected districts to their higher officers.

e) Examination of reports by DGP, home department, chief secretary, ADGO (Intelligence) to the central government and to find out veracity of reports and efforts of anyone to suppress truth.

f) It is on record th

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Re: Re: Re: Re: letter of ex-commissioner police
by mailerumsfield on Sep 10, 2009 11:20 PM
f) It is on record that the Gujarat state intelligence branch had sent daily reports to Shri B K Haldar, Jt Secy, MHA, New Delhi from 13.03.2002 onwards. Besides, daily reports which were sent on various specific incidents that took place in Gujarat. A study of these reports will indicate that there was anti-minority prejudice explicit in the actions of the state police which prompted them to avoid arrest of Hindu rioters and concentrating on penalising the Muslims. Analysis of the statistics prepared by the Add DG., Intelligence, Gujarat, in the form of daily reports will reveal that the casualties in the police action weighed heavily against the Muslims, as also the destruction and damage to properties.

g) Action must be taken to procure data regarding representations from the riot-affected people and general public received through phone calls, written complaints and personal representations from 27.02.2002 to 31.05.2002. It is also necessary to examine the quality and character of response to these by the enforcing officers. In case responses are found to be inadequate, and unprofessional, an adverse inference can be drawn against the concerned officers.

h) Examination of documents on meetings held by CP, Ahmedabad and other police commissionarates and affected districts during the same period to find out the nature of instructions given and decisions taken thereon and the extent of their implementation.

i) Examination of concerned officers from DGP to field offi

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by mailerumsfield on Sep 10, 2009 11:22 PM
Examination of concerned officers from DGP to field officers at the police station level on their failure to comply with the directions and instructions on handling of communal situation in Gujarat as per Gujarat state police manual Vol-III, Rule 21 to 31, and DGP Gujarat's booklet on 'Criminal Riots Strategy and Approach' forwarded to all senior police officers by the then DGP Shri K V Joseph vide his letter No. SB/49/1050/1175 dated 19.11.1997, compilation of government instructions captioned 'Criminal Peace', and recommendations of Justice Reddy commission and the commission headed by Justice Dave.

j) Officers in charge of areas where large scale violence happened should explain the reason for their dereliction of duties in violation of the provisions of Gujarat police manual Vol-III, Rules 24, 134, 135 and 136. It is relevant to note that such culpable connivance by government functionaries with the rioters had prompted the apx court to portray the Gujarat bureaucracy as modern day Neros and the hon'ble Supreme Court had actively intervened to correct the aberrations by ordering :

i) Transfer of Bilkisbano rape case to CBI in April 2004
ii) Transfer of Bilkisbano and Best Bakery cases to Maharashtra in April 2004.
iii) Review of 2000 odd closed cases (August 2004)
iv) Creation of SIT to reinvestigate 9 major carnage cases (March 2008)
v) Order of the Supreme Court to the SIT to investigate on all points contained in the complaint filed by Mrs Jafri (April 2009

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