I have no obligation to accept what U. G. Barad claims to be the official estimate. There are many "official" estimates, each one different from the other and from Barad's "official" estimate. I for one is using the estimate of Human Rights Watch given in the following quote from 2012:
QUOTE Authorities in India’s Gujarat state are subverting justice, protecting perpetrators, and intimidating those promoting accountability 10 years after the anti-Muslim riots that killed nearly 2,000 people, Human Rights Watch said today. The state government has resisted Supreme Court orders to prosecute those responsible for the carnage and has failed to provide most survivors with compensation. UNQUOTE Please see: http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/02/24/india-decade-gujarat-justice-incomplete I have read articles on the SIT report. The SIT report provides plenty of evidence that Modi is culpable in the killing of 2000 innocent human beings by acts of commission and/or omission. Here are some quotes from the SIT report that indicate this fact. QUOTE As many as 32 allegations were probed into during this preliminary inquiry. These related to several acts of omission and commission by the state government and its functionaries, including the chief minister. A few of these alone were in fact substantiated." UNQOTE .....SIT Report, Concluding statements QUOTE In spite of the fact that ghastly and violent attacks had taken place on Muslims at Gulberg Society and elsewhere, the reaction of the government was not the type that would have been expected by anyone. The chief minister had tried to water down the seriousness of the situation at Gulberg Society, Naroda Patiya and other places by saying that every action has an equal and opposite reaction. UNQUOTE .....SIT Report, page 69 QUOTE The Gujarat government has reportedly destroyed the police wireless communication of the period pertaining to the riots........No records, documentations or minutes of the crucial law and order meetings held by the government during the riots had been kept. UNQUOTE ......SIT Report, page 13 of Chairman's comments QUOTE It appears that the political affiliation of the advocates did weigh with the government for the appointment of public prosecutors.” (Page 77) The SIT chairman further comments that “it has been found that a few of the past appointees were in fact politically connected, either to the ruling party or organisations sympathetic to it.” UNQOTE .....SIT Report, Page 10 of Chairman’s comments Among the 9 versions of a crucial episode that the SIT report has in it, here is one: QUOTE Pandya appeared and deposed before the tribunal on 13 May 2002, on condition of anonymity, that he had attended a meeting on 27 February 2002 night at the residence of Modi in which the latter had made it clear that there should be a backlash from the Hindus on the next day and the police should not come in their way. UNQUOTE ......SIT Report, Page 18 Cheers, Santosh From: U. G. Barad <[email protected]> > >I don’t understand what ‘Santosh’ Santosh Helekar get by quoting false >figure of 2000 being killed in the post-Godhra riot! The number of persons >being killed as reported officially by the government in court of law is: >around 1100, of which about 20 - 25 % Hindus and that many Hindus died in >police firing! > >Santosh could also read articles on SIT report which has written that there >is no evidence that the government of Narendra Modi was involved in the >riots, except to try and control it, as is mandated of any government. The >SIT also found that the government took adequate actions as it could to >control the riots! > >Let me conclude this brief explanation by saying, ‘I agree to disagree with >the DEDUCTIVE LOGIC arrived at by Santosh in his P.S.BTW!’ > >Best regards, > >U. G. Barad > >
