The reprisals go unabated, the police stand by and watch, arson fires rage, the fire trucks come late, and death toll mounts.
...`Police can't protect each lane and bylane,'' said Police Commissioner, responding to criticism of his forces.
But Muslims complained authorities were not doing enough to protect them.
Muslims in many areas said police were favoring Hindus. Muslims streamed into hospitals, most for treatment of stab wounds but others simply for refuge.
The Shankaracharya of Goverdhanpuri, Jagadguru Aadhokshjanand Teerth, today condemned the ongoing mob
violence in Gujarat as ``state terrorism'' and demanded a ban on the VHP and the arrest of its leaders and activists under the National Security Act.
If the law enforcing machinery in Gujarat has been notoriously politicised and communalised...
There has also been an inexplicable delay in calling in the Army...
JPR's note: In a country like India (or any other country for that matter), no matter who starts the religious violence, the ultimate heavy price is paid by minority. |
