Zakia Jafri battles on: Moves HC against SIT clean chit for Modi
March 18, 2014 16:41
And Zakia Jafri battles on... The 75-year-old widow of Ehsan Jafri moves the Gujarat HC against a lower court order accepting the SIT's clean chit given to Narendra Modi, others in 2002 Gulbarg Society riot case.
On February 28, 2002, Ehsan Jafri, a former Congress MP, was attacked by a mob at Gulberg Society, a cluster of 29 bungalows and 10 apartment buildings housing mostly Muslims. The mob breached the boundary wall and torched houses. Jafri was dragged out, hacked and burnt to death, along with 68 others. His frantic phone calls to police officers and senior politicians for help allegedly went unanswered.
On February 28, 2002, Ehsan Jafri, a former Congress MP, was attacked by a mob at Gulberg Society, a cluster of 29 bungalows and 10 apartment buildings housing mostly Muslims. The mob breached the boundary wall and torched houses. Jafri was dragged out, hacked and burnt to death, along with 68 others. His frantic phone calls to police officers and senior politicians for help allegedly went unanswered.
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