By IANS
New Delhi : The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Friday demanded that the central government and law enforcement agencies move “expeditiously” to see that the guilty in the 2002 Gujarat communal violence were punished.
Pointing out that the graphic details of the massacre of the minority in Gujarat by the perpetrators in the Tehelka-Headlines Today exposé was shocking, the CPI-M politburo said the footages – shown in the sting operation – have confirmed that the violence was state sponsored.
“Chief Minister (Narendra) Modi and his government were fully responsible for this gross violation of human rights and subversion of the constitution,” it said.
An undercover operation conducted by Tehelka weekly has caught Hindu activists alleging that Modi sanctioned the 2002 riots in which more than 1,000 people, mostly Muslims, were killed.
The CPI-M said there had been “great delay” in disposing the cases pertaining to the Gujarat killings that were pending before the Supreme Court.
“The Tehelka tapes should be taken as prime facie evidence and the Supreme Court and the central government should move expeditiously to see that all those guilty are brought to justice.
“The central government and the law enforcement agencies have a special responsibility in this regard,” the CPI-M politburo demanded.