24 Convicted in Massacre of Muslims During Gujarat Riots in India
Source: New York Times
NEW DELHI — Twenty-four people were found guilty on Thursday of massacring Muslims during the 2002 religious riots that tore through Gujarat, a state then led by Narendra Modi, who is now India’s prime minister.
A judge in Ahmedabad, Gujarat’s largest city, acquitted 36 people for lack of evidence, including a police inspector and a midranking official in the Bharatiya Janata Party, led by Mr. Modi.
The verdict, the latest in more than a dozen prosecutions arising from the riots, did not implicate officials who were working under Mr. Modi’s authority at the time, or indeed any prominent leaders. But it was a reminder of a bloody episode that the prime minister has taken great pains to put behind him. On trips abroad, including one to the United States next week, Mr. Modi will probably face more questions about communal violence and the far-right agenda advanced by some in his party.
Two more cases stemming from the Gujarat riots, in which about 1,000 people were killed over the course of two months, are still pending. One of those cases, brought by the widow of Ehsan Jafri, a former member of Parliament killed in the attacks, seeks to establish that the riots were the result of a high-level conspiracy involving Mr. Modi.
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By ELLEN BARRY JUNE 2, 2016
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And how many years until they get the person who was governing Gujarat and did nothing to stop it? Oh right, they elected that bigoted nationalist piece of shit as prime minister.
assholes 
