CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY VOLUME II An Inquiry into the Carnage in Gujarat Findings and Recommendations CONCERNED CITIZENS TRIBUNAL - GUJARAT 2002 Concerned Citizens Tribunal - Gujarat 2002 1 Recommended contribution (Vols I & II): Rs. 200 (Towards expenses incurred on the Tribunal’s work) Published by Anil Dharkar for Citizens for Justice and Peace P.O. Box 28253, Juhu Post Office, Mumbai 400 049. India. E-mail :
[email protected] and Printed at: Siddhi Offset Pvt. Ltd. 5-12, Kamat Industrial Estate, 396,Veer Savarkar Marg, Prabhadevi, Mumbai - 25 Photographs Courtesy: AFP, AP, Communalism Combat, Reuters (Arko Datta), Sandesh, The Indian Express, The Tribune 2 Concerned Citizens Tribunal - Gujarat 2002 CONTENTS Foreward 5 Introduction 9 Godhra 12 Patterns of Violence 23 Violence Against Women 38 Economic Destruction 44 Religious and Cultural Desecration 48 Preparation for Violence 51 State Complicity Government of Gujarat 75 Police Misbehaviour 81 Role of the Central Government 96 Role of Non-BJP Parties 100 Failure of Criminal Justice System 104 Disturbing Trends: Police System 115 Communalisation of Public Space ó Hospitals 118 Relief and Rehabilitation 122 Role of the Media 132 Build-Up in Gujarat 148 Genocide 152 Consequences 155 Recommendations Short Term 162 Long Term 176 Secularism and the Constitution 182 The accused: Police, Civil Servants, Politicians, Others 191 About ëCitizens for Justice and Peaceí 105 Concerned Citizens Tribunal - Gujarat 2002 3 4 Concerned Citizens Tribunal - Gujarat 2002 FOREWARD What a shock and shame that Indiaís fair secular name should suffer dastardly dis- grace through the recent government-abetted Gujarat communal rage, compounded by grisly genocidal carnage and savage arsonous pillage, victimising people of Muslim vintageóand ëunkindest cut of allíó allegedly executed with the monstrous abet- ment of chief minister Modi, his colleagues and party goons.