Nobody seems to remember that a very high traffic of telephone calls was recorded between Godhra and Pakistan, especially Karachi, before the date of the carnage. Nobody seems to remember that an abnormally large number of passports were issued. Nobody seems to remember that there was a large number of persons without ration cards. Nobody seems to remember that a large number of unemployed Muslims had mobile phones. Nobody seems to remember that though there is no tradition of being a Muslim pilgrim center and the local Muslims are not affluent, three istema (religious gatherings) have been held and attended by large numbers of foreigners. Nobody seems to remember that an Assistant Collector (a young Muslim from eastern UP) went on leave two days before the gory incident and did not return till the middle of March though the district of his posting was aflame with communal riots much earlier. Nobody seems to remember that In an effort to control the subsequent riots, the Gujarat government Publicly announced its decision to employ the Army on the evening of the day riots began on February 28 (Within less than 24 hours at least one brigade of Indian Army had air-landed at Ahmedabad). Nobody seems to remember that police Made preventive arrests of over 33,000 people. Nobody seems to remember that Fired over 12,000 rounds of bullets. Nobody seems to remember that Fired over 15,000 rounds of tear gas shells. After all, our secular national media simply could not have tolerated giving even a line to reports
Posted on: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 12:12:49 +0000
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