Riots In India -2

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Srikrishna report findings
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• Named 31 police officers for “actively participating in riots, communal incidents or incidents of looting, arson and so on”. Called for “strict action” but only one police officer dismissed so far. NCP, Cong manifestoes of 1999, 2004 promised to implement report

• Commission’s view that “though several incidents of violence took place during the period from 15th December 1992 to 5th January 1993, large-scale rioting and violence was commenced from 6th January 1993 by Hindus brought to fever pitch by communally inciting propaganda unleashed by Hindu communal organisations and writings in newspapers like Saamna and Navaakal.”

• Report pinpoints attitude of Sena leaders like Bal Thackeray, Madhukar Sarpotdar and Manohar Joshi as responsible for Sena “vigilantism”. It says, “because some criminal Muslims killed innocent Hindus in one corner of the city, the Shiv Sainiks ‘retaliated’ against several innocent Muslims in other corners of the city”

• Blamed “effete political leadership, vacillation for political reasons and conflicting orders issued to the police commissioner” for the unchecked violence. Maharashtra had a Congress government at that time<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->