Jason wrote: I'm going to ignore the rhetoric about causes and effects. but the fact that a fire cannot be started from outside a locked compartment was stated by one of the Government commissions, i forget which.
Comment: Jason, it was the report of the Forensic dept of the Govt. of Gujarat, a government body. I also recollect reading in the report that- 1.the persons who died in the compartment were mainly women and children. 2.They were burnt from waist downwards, which suggests that the fire emanated from within the compartment. 3.the list of those who died did not tally with the railway manifest even though it was a reserved compartment. 4.Those whose names were contained in the manifest were found travelling in other compartments. The Nanavati / Shah commission which was appointed to inquire into the incident is yet to complete the inquiry even after 5 years. This is a classic case of procrastination where governments appoint Inquiry commissions to take the heat off and then these commissions go on forever so that the guilty can go scotfree.eg:Liberhan Commission which is inquiring into the Babri Commission and is yet to submit its report even after 15 years or the Mishra Commission which looked into the killings of Sikhs in 1984 took an inordinately long time to submit its report. Unfortunately, the U C Banerjee which inquired into the incident and completed its job within the time frame became a political football because the timing of its release coincided with that of the elections in Bihar, where the Railway Minister was interested. -- My life has changed. What about yours? Log on to the new Indiatimes Mail and Live out of the Inbox!
