Five years after she was gunned down as an alleged Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorist, Gujarat High Court has ordered a probe that would establish if indeed Ishrat Jahan was a fidayeen or simply a college student felled by trigger-happy policemen. The court has set up a three-member committee of senior IPS officers to investigate afresh the June 2004 killing [...]
The demolition of Champaner Dargah that had led to riots in the walled city areas of Vadodara more than three years ago may haunt political leaders and bureaucrats again. For, Gujarat high court has issued notices to the then mayor, municipal commissioner, police commissioner of the city on a petition filed by one Mohammad Arif [...]
A delegation of Jan Sangharsh Manch consisting of Dr.Mukul Sinha, Shri S.H. Iyer and Shri Shamshad Pathan met Shri R.K. Raghavan, Chairman of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) constituted by the Supreme Court and submitted an application for further investigation into the larger conspiracy under section 120-B of the Indian Penal Code to carry out [...]
LAWYER- ACTIVIST Mukul Sinha and a Jan Sangharsh Manch ( JSM) delegation on Wednesday met R. K. Raghavan, chief of the special investigation team ( SIT), investigating the Gujarat riots. They submitted an application for further investigation under Section 120- B of the Indian Penal Code into the Naroda Patiya and Naroda Gam massacre and [...]
Even as the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) has nearly completed its probe in nine of the most infamous riots cases, a prominent NGO fighting for the cause of the victims has alleged that the agency has not explored the ‘conspiracy theory’ in three cases of Ahmedabad. The NGO has said the three cases [...]
Senior advocate and human rights activist Mukul Sinha representing NGO Jan Sangharsh Manch(JSM) has claimed that investigations by the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team(SIT) into the Naroda Gam and Naroda Patia carnage cases on the outskirts of Ahmedabad city during 2002 anti-Muslim riots in Gujarat were “inadequate and incomplete’’. A total of 109 Muslims were [...]
Jan Sangharsh Manch (JSM), an NGO, on Thursday demanded further investigation into the 2002 Naroda Gam and Naroda Patiya riot cases, alleging that the probe by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) was “inadequate and incomplete”. JSM representative Mukul Sinha, showing the phone call details of then state Home Minister, Gordhan Zadafia and IPS officer K [...]
Jan Sangharsh Manch (JSM), which has been contesting for the justice of riot victims, has filed an application before the Supreme Court-appointed special investigation team (SIT) demanding a thorough probe into the conspiracy aspect of 2002 riots cases. JSM’s lawyer Mukul Sinha told mediapersons on Thursday that SIT has not looked into the conspiracy of [...]
Jan Sangharsh Manch (JSM), a non-government organisation, on Thursday demanded further investigation into the 2002 Naroda Gam and Naroda Patiya riot cases. It alleged that probes by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) was “inadequate and incomplete”. At a press conference here, JSM representative Mukul Sinha sought investigation under Section 120-B of the Indian Penal Code [...]
The Nanavati Commission on Wednesday set the ball rolling for summoning Chief Minister Narendra Modi for cross-examination to probe his alleged role in the 2002 post-Godhra riots.The Commission appointed to probe the Godhra train inferno and the riots thereafter has directed the State Government to appear before it on June 22 so that the demand [...]
