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Gulberg society massacre witnesses' plea
rejected
Thursday, October 14, 2010 10:12:52 PM,
IANS
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Gandhinagar:
The Gujarat High Court Thursday rejected a petition by witnesses
of Gulberg society massacre in Ahmedabad during the 2002 Gujarat
riots, seeking to summon some government officials as witnesses
and cross-examine them.
Pleading that former MP Ehsan Jafri had talked with some top
officials and highly-placed people to seek their help before he
was killed by a mob, Imtiyaz Khan Pathan and others had sought
examining of policemen and officers, fire brigade officials and
Ahmedabad city police control room wireless operator and other
staff on duty on the day in question.
Such questioning would also throw light on the role of the then
joint commissioner of police, M.K. Tandon in this incident, they
contended.
However Justice Akil Kureshi rejected the plea. Earlier a lower
court had also turned down their plea.
A total of 69 people including Jafri were killed in the incident.
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