Mohan Guruswamy | Who lit the fire on Sabarmati Exp at Godhra 20 years back?
2 years, 10 months ago

Mohan Guruswamy | Who lit the fire on Sabarmati Exp at Godhra 20 years back?

Deccan Chronicle  

On February 27, it will be the 20th anniversary of the Godhra incident. The report of Ahmedabad’s Forensic Science Laboratory on who lit the fire in coach S-6 of Sabarmati Express at Godhra on February 27, 2002, killing 59 persons, by M.S. The report concludes that the coach was set on fire by someone “standing in the passage of the compartment near seat number 72, using a container with a wide opening, about 60 litres of inflammable liquid has been poured and then a fire has been started in the bogie”. Intelligence agencies like America’s CIA, Britain’s SIS, France’s SDECE, Israel’s Mossad, Russia’s FSB, China’s GRI, Pakistan’s ISI and even India’s RAW carry out such operations quite routinely. Even now Pakistan insists the January 30, 1971 hijacking of “Ganga”, an Indian Airlines Fokker Friendship, to Lahore by Hashim and Ashraf Qureshi was an Indian intelligence operation meant to precipitate the termination of overflights to Dhaka, making the link between Pakistan’s two halves even more tenuous.

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Childhood, setbacks, Godhra train fire: All that PM spoke about on podcast debut
3 days, 10 hours ago

Childhood, setbacks, Godhra train fire: All that PM spoke about on podcast debut

India Today  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi appeared in his debut podcast with Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath, which was released on Friday. And look, in the country, I sometimes think, it is possible that what I think can also create controversy, when the freedom movement started, people from all sections of the society joined it, but not everyone came into politics, some people …

‘Saw painful scenes, controlled my emotions,’ – PM Modi recalling Godhra 2002 during podcast with Nikhil Kamath
4 days, 23 hours ago

‘Saw painful scenes, controlled my emotions,’ – PM Modi recalling Godhra 2002 during podcast with Nikhil Kamath

Live Mint  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi appeared in his first podcast with Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath on Friday. In over two-hour-long podcast, the PM spoke at length about his childhood, friends, risk-taking ability, vision for youth and a host of other topics Modi recounted the Godhra train burning incident of February 22, when he was a newly-elected member of legislative assembly. Godhra …

One dies, another man hospitalised after fire in Mumbai highrise
1 week, 1 day ago

One dies, another man hospitalised after fire in Mumbai highrise

The Hindu  

A senior citizen died and another person was hospitalised after suffering from suffocation following a fire in a multi-storey residential building in Mumbai's Andheri area, officials said on Tuesday. The blaze erupted in a flat on the 11th floor of the 13-storey Sky Pan building in Oberoi Complex at 10 pm on Monday, they said. One of them, identified as …

The Sabarmati Report: Amit Shah lauds film star cast for exposing lies about Sabarmati Express burning incident
1 month, 3 weeks ago

The Sabarmati Report: Amit Shah lauds film star cast for exposing lies about Sabarmati Express burning incident

Live Mint  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah has congratulated the star cast of the film ‘The Sabarmati Report’, which is based on the burning of the S-6 coach of Sabarmati Express train near Godhra station in Gujarat on February 27, 2002. In a post on social media platform X, Amit Shah said: “Met the team of The Sabarmati Report and congratulated them …

Watch "The Sabarmati Report" to uncover truth hidden behind lies
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Watch "The Sabarmati Report" to uncover truth hidden behind lies

Op India  

On April 28, 2006, a film was released that stands out for its significance. Why one shouldn’t watch “The Sabarmati Report” You should avoid watching this movie if you want to see the visuals of the burning train because the focus of the movie is not on the train burning but on how an attempt was made to erase this …

After Madhya Pradesh, The Sabarmati Report declared tax-free in Chhattisgarh
1 month, 3 weeks ago

After Madhya Pradesh, The Sabarmati Report declared tax-free in Chhattisgarh

India Today  

Hindi film The Sabarmati Report, based on the 2002 Godhra train burning incident in Gujarat, was on Tuesday declared tax-free in Chhattisgarh by the state's BJP government. Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai announced that The Sabarmati Report, in which actor Vikrant Massey played the role of a journalist, will be tax-free in the state, meaning the Bollywood film has been …

PM Modi lauds The Sabarmati Report for portrayal of Godhra train burning case: ‘Truth is coming out…’
1 month, 4 weeks ago

PM Modi lauds The Sabarmati Report for portrayal of Godhra train burning case: ‘Truth is coming out…’

Live Mint  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauded The Sabarmati Report on Sunday for ‘revealing the truth’ about the circumstances surrounding the Godhra riots. The film starring Vikrant Massey is set in the aftermath of the 2002 train burning incident and ‘inspired by true events’. Massey essays the role of a vernacular journalist who probes the truth behind the 2002 Godhra train burning …

PM Modi reacts to 'The Sabarmati Report' movie, here is what he said
1 month, 4 weeks ago

PM Modi reacts to 'The Sabarmati Report' movie, here is what he said

India TV News  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday reacted to 'The Sabarmati Report' movie which is based on the events around the 2002 Godhara train burning incident. PM Modi while reacting to a movie review post said that the truth is finally coming out. The Sabarmati Report centres around the Godhra incident, which took place in February 2002, where 59 innocent people, …

Truth coming out: PM praises 'The Sabarmati Report', film on Godhra train burning
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Truth coming out: PM praises 'The Sabarmati Report', film on Godhra train burning

India Today  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday praised the film 'The Sabarmati Report', which focuses on the events leading up to the Godhra train tragedy in 2002. "It is good that this truth is coming out, and that too in a way common people can see it," PM Modi said while praising the film starring Vikrant Massey, Raashii Khanna and Ridhi …

Family of 2002 Godhra carnage victim narrates their ordeal in Swarajya documentary
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Family of 2002 Godhra carnage victim narrates their ordeal in Swarajya documentary

Op India  

22 years after a frenzied Muslim mob set fire to the Sabarmati Express in Godhra and killed 59 Hindu pilgrims, a newly released documentary by Swarajya highlighted the tragedy that befell the fate of the families of the victims. Ashok Prajapathi, whose father was one of the 59 Hindus killed by a Muslim mob in February 2002, narrated, “When my …

The Sabarmati Report review: Vikrant Massey is effective in retelling of 2002 Godhra train burning- from the media's POV
2 months ago

The Sabarmati Report review: Vikrant Massey is effective in retelling of 2002 Godhra train burning- from the media's POV

Hindustan Times  

The Sabarmati Report review: This Friday, it seems, is all about cinematic recreations of events that changed India’s history. The Sabarmati Report review: Vikrant Massey and Ridhi Dogra star in this film on the Godhra train burning case Vikrant Massey, after delivering the brilliant 12th Fail, is back to zero— ground zero, as he mentions in this one. The plot …

Vikrant Massey's The Sabarmati Report released: All about 2002 Godhra tragedy
2 months ago

Vikrant Massey's The Sabarmati Report released: All about 2002 Godhra tragedy

India Today  

The Sabarmati Report, featuring Vikrant Massey, Raashii Khanna, and Ridhi Dogra, released in India today. THE REAL STORY The movie 'The Sabarmati Report' is inspired by a tragic chapter in history, when a coach of the Sabarmati Express was set on fire near Godhra, Gujarat. In the wake of the Godhra train fire, violent riots erupted across Gujarat the following …

PM Modi In Bihar Recalls Godhra Train Arson, Claims 'Lalu Prasad Tried To Save Guilty Of Horrendous Crime'
8 months, 1 week ago

PM Modi In Bihar Recalls Godhra Train Arson, Claims 'Lalu Prasad Tried To Save Guilty Of Horrendous Crime'

ABP News  

PM Modi In Bihar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday recalled the 2002 Godhra train arson to step up the attack on the opposition at an election rally in Bihar amid the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. Raking up the 2002 arson, PM Modi launched a scathing attack on RJD president Lalu Prasad and charged him with having tried to “save” …

Godhra train massacre convict Qasim Abdul Sattar arrested for jumping parole
1 year, 5 months ago

Godhra train massacre convict Qasim Abdul Sattar arrested for jumping parole

Op India  

On Saturday, 22nd July, Gujarat police arrested Godhra train burning case convict Qasim Abdul Sattar alias Qasim Biryani Gaji Ghanchi from Panchmahal district a year after he jumped parole. Sattar was serving a life sentence for his involvement in the Godhra train massacre in 2002. Godhra Train Massacre On 27th February 2002, an Islamist mob set two coaches of the …

SC grants bail to 8 convicts in Godhra train burning case
1 year, 8 months ago

SC grants bail to 8 convicts in Godhra train burning case

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to eight people sentenced to life imprisonment in the 2002 Godhra train burning case which plunged Gujarat into a communal conflagration. The convicts who were granted bail are - - Abdul Sattar Ibrahim Gaddi Asla, Yunus Abdul Hakk Samol, Mohammad Hanif Abdulla Moulvi Badam, Abdul Rauf Abdul Majid Isa, Ibrahim Abdulrazak …

In Godhra train case, Gujarat government opposes release of convicts
2 years, 1 month ago

In Godhra train case, Gujarat government opposes release of convicts

Hindustan Times  

The Gujarat government on Friday opposed the release of some convicts of the 2002 Godhra train burning case during a plea hearing in the Supreme Court. Appearing for the state government, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said convicts prevented passengers from escaping the burning coach, news agency PTI reported. Supreme Court of India The SC bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud …

How Siddharth Varadarajan lied about Godhra train burning incident
2 years, 2 months ago

How Siddharth Varadarajan lied about Godhra train burning incident

Op India  

As the series of lies peddled by the propaganda website The Wire is exposed recently, it becomes evident to revisit how its founder, Siddharth Varadarajan, habitually peddled anti-Hindu and pro-Muslim lies in the past. For the record, Coffeewala is now the 18th “key accused” in the case, allegedly a crucial part of the improbably large “inner circle” that hatched a …

2002: Godhra riots
2 years, 5 months ago

2002: Godhra riots

The Hindu  

Published : Aug 15, 2022 06:00 IST At 7.42 a.m. on February 27, 2002, the Sabarmati Express pulled into the station at Godhra. In October 2001, the old BJP war horse, Chief Minister Keshubhai Patel, had been summarily replaced with Narendra Modi. Soon afterwards, Modi asked that the Assembly election scheduled for April 2003 be brought forward to June 2002. …

Gujarat: Accused in 2002 Godhra train burning case gets life imprisonment
2 years, 6 months ago

Gujarat: Accused in 2002 Godhra train burning case gets life imprisonment

India TV News  

Highlights Gujarat train carnage accused Rafik Bhatuk was sentenced to life imprisonment. Godhra train burning: A court here has sentenced to life imprisonment an accused in the case of the Godhra train carnage in 2002 in which 59 'karsevaks' were killed, which triggered the worst riots in history of Gujarat. A court of an additional sessions judge at Godhra in …

Godhra massacre convict Rafiq sentenced to life imprisonment
2 years, 6 months ago

Godhra massacre convict Rafiq sentenced to life imprisonment

Op India  

On Saturday, the Godhra Sessions court sentenced a man named Rafiq Hussain Bhatuk to life imprisonment for setting the Sabarmati Express on fire. Criminal Rafiq Hussain Bhatuk, accused in Godhra train coach fire, who was absconding from 19 yrs & was arrested last yr by Godhra police has been given the punishement of life imprisonment under conspiracy to murder by …

2002 Godhra train fire accused gets life term
2 years, 6 months ago

2002 Godhra train fire accused gets life term

Hindustan Times  

The Godhra sessions court on Saturday awarded the 2002 Godhra train coach fire accused Rafiq Hussain Bhatuk life imprisonment under the conspiracy to murder charge, special public prosecutor RC Kodekar said. Bhatuk was part of the group of the accused who had hatched the entire conspiracy, incited the mob and even arranged petrol to torch the train compartment Absconding for …

'No delay in calling Army…': Shah defends Modi over Gujarat riots
2 years, 6 months ago

'No delay in calling Army…': Shah defends Modi over Gujarat riots

Hindustan Times  

Union home minister Amit Shah said on Saturday that the primary reason behind the 2002 Gujarat riots was the Godhra train burning incident. Shah's comments come a day after the Supreme Court dismissed the plea filed by Zakia Jafri, widow of slain former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri, challenging the clean chit given by the Special Investigation Team to Narendra Modi …

Key Accused in 2002 Godhra Train Burning Case Arrested After 19 Years in Gujarat
3 years, 10 months ago

Key Accused in 2002 Godhra Train Burning Case Arrested After 19 Years in Gujarat

News 18  

Almost 19 years after a mob torched a coach of Sabarmati Express at Godhra station in Panchmahal district of Gujarat which caused the death of 59 ‘karsevaks’, police has nabbed key accused, Rafiq Hussain Bhatuk, from Godhra town, an officer said on Monday. Based on a specific tip-off, a team of Godhra police raided a house in Signal Falia area …

Railway coach set on fire to enact Godhra incident for documentary on PM
5 years, 10 months ago

Railway coach set on fire to enact Godhra incident for documentary on PM

Deccan Chronicle  

Vadodara: An unused railway coach was on Sunday set on fire during the enactment of the 2002 Godhra train burning incident for a documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The coach, which a Western Railway official called a "mock drill bogie", was set on fire despite instructions to the documentary film crew that it be returned after shooting in the …

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