A Report To the Nation
By
An Independent Fact Finding Mission:
Dr. Kamal Mitra Chenoy
S.P.Shukla
K.S. Subramanian
Achin Vanaik
[ 10 April 2002]
Acknowledgements
This Report would not have been possible without the extensive support and generous contributions from citizens and groups in Gujarat and Delhi. We are grateful for their help.
Introduction
An independent fact finding mission consisting of Dr. Kamal Mitra Chenoy, Associate Professor, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi; S.P. Shukla, IAS [retd.], former Finance Secretary of India & former Member, Planning Commission; K.S. Subramanian, IPS [retd.], former Director General of Police, Tripura; and Achin Vanaik, Visiting Professor, Third World Academy, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, was set up to investigate the Gujarat carnage of February-March 2002. The terms of reference of the fact finding mission were to find out the truth of the Godhra incident in which a bogie of the Sabarmati Express was burnt and 58 people were killed, the possible use of this tragic incident in regard to the communal conflagration that followed, and to ascertain whether there was any official complicity in that conflagration, and if so, to what extent. The findings of this mission will be presented to the Concerned Citizens� Tribunal set up in Gujarat.......................................... Read the full report
The Survivors Speak
Fact-finding
by a Women�s Panel
Syeda Hameed, Muslim Women�s Forum, Delhi
Ruth Manorama, National Alliance of Women, Bangalore
Malini Ghose, Nirantar, Delhi
Sheba George, Sahrwaru, Ahmedabad
Farah Naqvi, Independent Journalist, Delhi
Mari Thekaekara, Accord, Tamil Nadu
Sponsored by
Citizen�s Initiative, Ahmedabad
April 16, 2002
(This report may be quoted, in whole or in part, with due acknowledgement)
Acknowledgements
The fact-finding team would like to acknowledge the following individuals in Gujarat, who gave generously of their time and insights at a time of continuing trauma for the people of Gujarat and the entire country:
Gagan Sethi, Martin Macwan, Trupti Shah, Renu Khanna, Sejal Dand, Jhanvi Andheria, Neeta Hardikar, Stalin. K, Mehmuda and Naseem from Sahrwaru, Bahercharbhai Patel (for guiding us to remote rural relief camps) Achyut Yagnik, Ila Behn Pathak, Annie Prasad, and Valjibhai Patel (for sending us translations from the Gujarati vernacular press)
We also thank the many local activists and coordinators of relief camps who found time to sit with us despite the urgency of the task they had at hand. Above all, a salute to the women - survivors all, who had the will to live, and the courage to speak of the unspeakable....................................... Read the full report
State Participation and Complicity in Communal Violence in Gujarat
Human Rights Watch Report on the Massacres in Gujarat