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Godhra – The Truth

Conclusions by Jan Sangharsh Manch

  • The official version of Government of Gujarat regarding the burning of the coach as developed through 9 charge-sheets does not inspire any confidence since the said version suffers from innumerable contradictions obvious on the face of records.
  • The theory that Razak Kurkuyre, Salim Panwala and few other Muslims of Signal Falia had conspired on 26.2.02 at about 9pm in the Aman guest house to burn down S6 coach at the behest of Maulana Umarji and for that purpose had bought 140 liters of Petrol at 10pm and hid the same in Razak’s house and after coming to know that the train was running late, organized the burning of S6 on 27.2.2002 at 8am by first mobilsing a mob of 1000 to stone the train and thereafter sending a few boys inside the coach by cutting thru the vestibule canvas with 140 liters petrol and pouring the same inside and then setting fire to the coach etc suffers from the following obvious defects:
    • - Absolutely no indication as to what was the original plan in case the train had arrived at the right time;
    • - Absolutely no evidence as to how the conspirators came to know that Karsevaks were traveling by the Sabarmati express which would reach Godhra on 27.2.02. The police and the intelligence department consistently claims they had no such information!
    • - In the first three charge-sheets prepared by two separate I.O.s absolutely no allegations regarding the buying of 140 liters of Petrol from Hakim’s pump.
    • - On the contrary, the two employees (Prabhat Patel and the other) had given their statement before the police on 10.4.02 but did not mention such a huge sale of Petrol on 26.2.02 and went to a Magistrate to make in March, 2003 to make such allegations!
    • - There is specific evidence on record to show that Karsevaks had pulled the chain and stopped the train in the station and not the Muslims!
    • The FSL has not found any petrol hydrocarbon in 500kg or so burnt materials from inside the coach and no “Black Carboy” was found any where inside or outside in which 140 ,liters of Petrol was carried!
    • - FSL did not find any remains of any carboy inside the coach. Where did the eight carboy in which the 140 liters of Petrol was allegedly carried vanish?
    • - In case 140 liters of Petrol was actually poured inside a coach and set on fire, it would create a massive explosion specially the coach being a confined space.
    • - In case of such a burning would a single passenger come out alive? In the present case over 70 passngers with superficial injuries above the knee have survived. Can such a pattern of burning of injured passengers be explained by fluid induced burning ?
  • The burning of the S6 Coach of Sabarmati Express on 27th February, 2002 was not by way of any preplanned conspiracy by the Muslims. It was not due to petrol or inflammable fluid that S6 had burnt but due to the flash fire that followed the initial ignition. The luggage caught fire thereafter and burnt the coach at a slower rate.
  • That the Hon’ble Commission ought to recommend the ordering of fresh investigation by body of experts who have special knowledge of fire in enclosed spaces.
  • That the Investigation Officer should be changed immediately.





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