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Assault of Muslim girl set off attack on train carrying Hindu extremists
2002-03-02 17:36:07
Rajeel Sheikh
2 March 2002
Last Wednesday’s attack on an Indian train in which extremists of the
right-wing Hindu nationalist party, the VHP (Vishwa Hindu Parishad) and
their families were burned to death was sparked off by their abduction of a
Muslim girl.
The passengers were riding in three compartments (called bogeys) of the
Sabarmati Express and heading for Ayodhya to join a gathering of fellow kar
sevaks (volunteer workers) who have pledged to build a temple on the site of
the demolished Babri Mosque (built by the first Moghul emperor Babar in the
16th century).
The story begins not in Godhra but in a town called Daahod, some 70-75 km
away.
At around 5:30-6:00 a.m. the train reached Daahod railway station. Here, the
kar sevaks initiated an argument with a Muslim stallholder who had served
them tea and snacks before destroying his stand. The stallholder filed a
complaint at the local police station but the kar sevaks proceeded on the
train to the next stop, Godhra.
At about 7.00- 7.15am the train reached Godhra railway station. All the kar
sevaks came out from their reserved compartments have refreshments at the
small tea stall on the platform owned by an elderly Muslim and his employee.
The kar sevaks started a quarrel with this stallholder too. While beating
him and pulling his beard they are reported to have repeatedly shouted the
slogan: "Mandir Ka Nirmaann Karo, Babur Ki Aulad ko Baahar Karo" (Start the
construction of the temple, throw out the sons of Babar).
Hearing the chaos, the stallholder’s 16 year-old daughter came to intervene.
She pleaded with the kar sevaks to stop beating her father and leave him
alone. The kar sevaks the carried off the young girl to the train and locked
her inside one of the reserved compartments (S-6).
As the train started to move out of Godhra with the elderly man banging on
the compartment doors, two stall vendors jumped onto the last bogey of the
moving train and pulled the emergency stop chain to halt the train. The
train came to a standstill about one kilometre away from the railway
station.
The two Muslim stallholders pleaded unsuccessfully with the kar sevaks to
release their captive. Hearing all the chaos, people in the vicinity ran
towards the train. When they asked the kar sevaks to let the girl go they
responded by closing the carriage windows. This infuriated the crowd who
began to pelt the bogey with stones.
The compartments on either side of S-6 also contained kar sevaks of the
V.H.P, many of whom descended from the train and used the bamboo sticks from
their banners to attack the assembled crowd.
The crowd retaliated. Some young men ran off to bring diesel and petrol from
trucks and rickshaws standing at the nearby garages in Signal Fadia (a place
in Godhra) and torched the compartments.
After hearing about this incident, members of the V.H.P (Vishwa Hindu
Parishad) living in the area went on the rampage burning down the garages in
Signal Fadia and the Baddshah Masjid at Shehra Bhagaaad.
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