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>[bJP News] Godhra probe: No evidence of lapse against government

>Mon, 19 May 2003 12:03:28 -0700 (PDT)

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>Title: Godhra probe: No evidence of lapse against govt

>Author: Agencies

>Publication: Times of India

>May 19, 2003

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>GANDHINAGAR/AHMEDABAD/NEW DELHI: Justice G T Nanavati, heading the

>two-member commission to probe the Godhra train carnage and the riots that

>followed last year, said on Sunday that the evidence recorded so far did

>not indicate any serious lapse on the part of the police or administration

>in controlling the communal clashes that followed the Godhra mayhem.

>

>The GT Nanavati and KG Shah Commission, which has completed the task of

>recording evidence in all the areas except the most-affected Ahemdabad and

>Vadodara districts as also Bharuch and Narmada will begin its last leg of

>recording evidence from July 15 in the four districts.

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>Asked about the evidence so far collected on the role of police and

>district administrations, Justice Nanavati said that "the evidence

>recorded so far in other districts do not show any serious lapse on the

>part of police and the civil administration".

>

>The commission was appointed on March 6, 2002 and the scope of the probe

>was limited to the incidents till April 30, 2002 beginning with the train

>carnage on February 27, 2002.

>

>Meanwhile, although the commission completed recording of testimonies in

>the Godhra carnage, some of its riot hearings scheduled in regions around

>the Vadodara district could not be conducted on account of the fragile

>communal situation prevailing in these areas and had to be rescheduled.

>

>Incidentally, the Concerned Citizen's Tribunal which has already brought

>out its report based on testimonies of affected persons and government

>functionaries, has already indicated complicity on the part of the

>government and named the persons responsible for the post-Godhra riots.

>

>The Nanavati and Shah commission was scheduled to submit its report in

>June 2003.

>

>Going through the strenuous process of visiting each and every district

>headquarters of the affected areas, the commission had given time to one

>and all to file additional affidavits on the alleged incidents that had

>taken place in their locality in February-March last year.

>

>"An additional opportunity has been given to those who have missed the

>opportunity to file the affidavit and to all concerned to say whatever

>they want to say before the commission on the incidents," Justice Nanavati

>said.

>

>Prior to recording the evidence in Ahmedabad and Vadodara, the two cities

>which were most severely affected in the riots, the commission will

>complete the task in Bharuch and Narmada, he said.

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