Mumbai riots: Civil society body seeks immediate action

Mumbai riots: Civil society body seeks immediate action

Marya Shakil / CNN-IBN

August 26, 2007 at 14:54 in Nation section

TagsTags: Mumbai Riots, Srikrishna Commission
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New Delhi: Justice for the victims of the 92-93 Mumbai riots - the demand loud and clear at protest gathering after CNN-IBN showed the communal agenda of the Mumbai police during the riots.

Expressing shock, the members of civil society demanded punishment to the guilty and questioned the intentions of the Maharashtra government on taking actions on the Srikrishna Commission report.

Constitutional expert Rajeev Dhawan said, "The government has not done its homework. The RTI information clearly says very clearly all this is now in the possession of the present congress government. This is not an issue on which the state of Maharashtra can be defensive anymore."

Taking the example of the case of Farooq Mapkar one of the victims of a false case after the riots. This lawyer who has been fighting the battle for several like Farooq in Mumbai High Court for over 14 years now thought it was victimisation of the victims.

Lawyer Yusuf Muchhala said, "Instances show institutionalised prejudice against minorities."

Members of civil society asking for immediate action against those guilty as their belief in the institution called the police was shaken after CNN-IBN's report.