[Reader-list] a different report on the godhra train incident (fwd)

[rehan ansari]

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> boss log,
> 
> here is a different report on the godhra incident. 
> 
> kr

> The tragic incident of Sabarmati Express that
> occurred at about 1 km away
> from Godhra railway station has thrown a question
> mark to those eople  who
> claim to be secular or liberal. Many aspects & facts
> have been ignored &
> which I would like to bring to your notice.  
> Compartment no S-6 two other
> compartment of the Sabarmati Express was   carrying
> the kar sevaks of the
> V.H.P. And it was due to these kar kevaks   from
> Compartment no S-6 that the
> incident occurred.   The actual story didn't start
> from Godhra as being told
> >everywhere but it  started from a place from Daahod
> 75 km before Godhra
> >railway station. At about 5:30 to 6:00 am the train
> reached Daahod railway
> >station. These kar sevaks, after having tea &
> snacks at the railway stall,
> >broke down the stall after having some argument
> with the stall owner and
> >they processed back to the departing train. The
> stall owner then filed an N
> >C against kar sevaks at the local police station
> about the above incident.
> >
> >
> >Then about 7:00 to 7:15 am the train reached Godhra
> railway station. All
> >the
> >kar sevaks came out from their reserved
> compartments and started to have
> >tea
> >and snacks, at the small tea stall on the platform,
> which was being run by
> >an old bearded man from the minority community.
> There was a servant helping
> >this old man in the stall.  The kar sevaks on
> purpose argued with this old
> >man and then bate him up & pulled his beard. This
> was all planned to
> >humiliate the old man since he was from the
> minority community. These kar
> >sevaks kept repeating the slogan, "Mandir ka
> nirmaan karo, Babar ki aulad
> >ko
> >bahar karo". (Start building the Mandir and throw
> the sons of Babar i.e.
> >the
> >Muslims out of the country.)
> >
> >
> >Hearing the chaos, the daughter (16) of the old man
> who was also present at
> >the station came forward and tried to save her
> father from kar kevaks.
> >She
> >kept pleading and begging to them to stop beating
> her father and  leave him
> >alone. But instead of listening to her woes, the
> kar kevaks lifted the
> >young
> >girl and took her inside their compartment (S-6)
> and closed the compartment
> >door shut. The train started to move out of the
> platform of Godhra railway
> >station. The old man kept banging on the
> compartment doors and pleaded to
> >leave his daughter. Just before the train could
> move out completely from
> >the
> >platform, two stall vendors jumped into the last
> bogey that comes after the
> >guard cabin. And with the intention of saving the
> girl they pulled the
> >chain
> >and stopped the train. By the time the train halted
> completely, it   was 1
> >km away from the railway station. These two men
> then came to the bogey in
> >which the girl was and started to   bang at the
> door and requested the kar
> >sevaks to leave the girl alone. Hearing all these
> chaos, people in the
> >vicinity near to the tracks started to gather
> towards the train. The boys
> >and the mob (that also included women) that had now
> gathered near the
> >compartment requested the kar sevaks to return the
> girl back. But instead
> >of
> >returning the girl, they started closing their
> windows. This infuriated the
> >mob and they retaliated by pelting stones at the
> compartment.
> >
> >
> >
> >The compartment-adjoining compartment S-6 on both
> sides contained kar
> >sevaks
> >of the V.H.P. these kar sevaks were carrying
> banners that had long bamboo
> >stick attached to them. These kar sevaks got down
> and started attacking
> >with
> >bamboo sticks on the bob gathered to save the girl.
> These was like adding
> >insult to injury for the crowd gathered and their
> anger was now
> >uncontrollable. The crowd started to bring diesel
> and petrol from trucks
> >and
> >rickshaws standing at the garages Signal Fadia (a
> place in Godhra) and
> >burnt
> >down the compartment. They didn't bring the fuel
> from any petrol pump as
> >being reported everywhere nor was this act of
> burning pre-planned as being
> >mentioned by many people but it happened all of a
> sudden out of sheer
> >frustration and anger.
> >
> >
> >After hearing about this incident, member of V.H.P.
> living in that area
> >started burning down the garages in Signal Fadia,
> they also burnt down
> >Baddshah Masjid, at Shehra Bhagaad (small area in
> Godhra).
> >
> >Reliable resources have reported all these
> information and facts to their
> >information and me can't be doubted. I would also
> mention my sources
> >namely
> >Mr. Anil Soni and Neelam Soni (reporters of Gujarat
> Samachar newspaper and
> >also member of P.T.I. & A.N.I.) have worked hard to
> dig the  true facts and
> >they duly deserve words of appraisal for their hard
> work.
> >
> >Mr. Soni's mobile number is 009825038152. Res. Tel.
> no. 02672-43153 & Off.
> >Tel no.  02672-43152 Fax no. 02672-45999.
> >
> >Due to no proper substantial and circumstantial
> evidence and the late
> >arrival of the Police at the scene of crime
> frustrated the Police. Which
> >resulted in harassment and arrests of innocent
> local people living in
> >Godhra. Furthermore the police started blaming the
> Mayor of Godhra, Mr.
> >Ahmed Hussain Kalota for this incident. Mr. Kalota
> who is the member of the
> >Indian National Congress is also a lawyer. This
> blaming on Congressmen was
> >also done to humiliate, defame and demoralize the
> Congress. The V.H.P.'s
> >plan is to weaken the country by  planning internal
> conflicts between
> >communities and bring a backwardness of 100 years
> in the country. Sorry to
> >say but they are carrying out their plans
> successfully without the fear of
> >being stopped by anyone. No one but only the
> innocents will have to bear
> >the
> >consequences of their plans. It is our humble
> request and prayers to all
> >the
> >members of Parliament along with the Prime
> Minister, and the entire media
> >circle to try and stop the sparks of a fire to gulp
> down the whole county
> >in
> >flames to take some action against the kar sevaks
> of the V.H.P. before they
> >get out of hand and stop harassing the innocents
> and catch the real
> >miscreants and culprits.


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