GANDHINAGAR, DEC 11:
The Nanavati Commission appointed to probe 2002 riots gives chit to the then Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi-led government. Over 1,000 people, mostly of the minority community, were killed in the riots.
Minister of State for Home Pradeepsinh Jadeja tabled the commission’s report in the Gujarat Legislative Assembly on Wednesday. The commission’s report was tabled after five years it was submitted to the then state government.
The Commission report runs into over 1,500 pages said “there is no evidence to show that these attacks were either inspired or instigated or abated by any minister of the state.” The report was compiled in nine volumes.
Commission recommends inquiry against erring officers
The commission has recommended inquiry or action against the erring police officers who were ineffective in controlling the mob.
In its report, the commission said the police at some places were ineffective in controlling the mob because of their inadequate numbers or because they were not properly armed.
On some communal riot incidents in Ahmedabad city, the commission said, “The police had not shown their competence and eagerness which was necessary.”
Former Supreme Court Justice G T Nanavati (retd) and ex-Gujarat High Court Justice Akshay Mehta (retd) had in 2014 submitted their final report on the 2002 riots to the then state chief minister Anandiben Patel.
The commission was appointed in 2002 by the then state chief minister Narendra Modi to probe the riots, that took place after the burning of two coaches of the Sabarmati Express train near Godhra railway station, in which 59 ‘karsevaks’ were killed.
