Author: News by Ravindra
Dani
Publication: Mumbai Tarun Bharat
(Marathi)
Date: March 1, 2002
It is understood that the Home Ministry
has received a very shocking news that two Congress Corporators of minority
community wrought the horrendous burning of 51 devotees of Lord Ram at
Godhra. Initial enquiries have established that this fire incident was
well planned much before.
The incident has taken on Godhra
Station but just after the Sabarmati Express left Godhra and was
about at 1 Km on way Baroda, all of a sudden it was stopped. The
railway line at the place where it was stopped has on
its both sides minority locality and a Prayer place is along it. All of
a sudden, a mob of 6-7,000 rushed to the reserved coaches in which Ram
Devotees were occupying with petrol bombs, and Petrol cans and threw petrol
on the coaches and set them to fire. Two Congress corporators were leading
the attack Since such a large mob was gathered in minutes, nobody is believing
the report that some Ram Devotees threw stones and hence some people set
the coaches on fire.
Why Godhra was selected for this
atrocity? Some reasons are coming forth. One is, the Station
Master, the Signalman as well as the Railway Security force deployed there
all belong to the minority community. All the stalls on the station
belong to Minority community. It is also understood first, Godhra
station itself was chosen for this incident, but later, the conspirators
selected the site outside the station.
