A. TESTIMONIES OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE
WITNESSING MASS RAPE (INCLUDING MINOR GIRLS)
NARODA PATIA, AHMEDABAD, FEBRUARY 28, 2002[3]
“The mob started chasing us with burning tyres after we were forced to leave Gangotri society. It was then that they raped many girls. We saw about
8-10 rapes. We saw them strip 16-year-old Mehrunissa. They were stripping themselves and beckoning to the girls. Then they raped them right there on
the road. We saw a girl’s vagina being slit open. Then they were burnt. Now there is no evidence.”
Source: Kulsum Bibi, Shah e Alam Camp, March 27, 2002
“I saw Farzana being raped by Guddu Chara. Farzana was about 13 years old. She was a resident of Hussain Nagar. They put a saria (rod) in Farzana’s
stomach. She was later burnt. 12 year old Noorjahan was also raped. The rapists were Guddu, Suresh and Naresh Chara and Haria. I also saw Bhawani
Singh, who works in the State Transport Department kill 5 men and a boy.”
Source: Azharuddin, 13 years. He witnessed the rapes while hiding on the terrace of Gangotri Society. The Chara basti is located just behind Jawan Nagar.
The mob, which came from Chara Nagar and Kuber Nagar, started burning people at around 6 in the evening. The mob stripped all the girls of the
locality, including my 22-year-old daughter, and raped them. My daughter was engaged to be married. 7 members of my family were burnt including my
wife (aged 40), my sons (aged 18, 14 and 7) and my daughters (aged 2, 4 and 22). My eldest daughter, who later died in the civil hospital, told me that
those who raped her were wearing shorts. They hit her on the head and then burnt her. She died of 80% burn injuries.
Source: Abdul Usman, Testimony recorded by Citizens Initiative
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SULTANI, A RAPE SURVIVOR, SPEAKS
VILLAGE ERAL, KALOL TALUKA, PANCHMAHALS DISTRICT, FEBRUARY 28th, 2002[4]
On the afternoon of February 28th to escape the violent mob, about 40 of us got on to a tempo, wanting to escape to Kalol. My husband Feroze was
driving the tempo. Just outside Kalol a Maruti car was blocking the road. A mob was lying in wait. Feroze had to swerve. The tempo overturned. As we
got out they started attacking us. People started running in all directions. Some of us ran towards the river. I fell behind as I was carrying my son,
Faizan. The men caught me from behind and threw me on the ground. Faizan fell from my arms and started crying. My clothes were stripped off by the
men and I was left stark naked. One by one the men raped me. All the while I could hear my son crying. I lost count after 3. They then cut my foot with
a sharp weapon and left me there in that state.
Source: Sultani, Kalol Camp, Panchmahals District, March 30, 2002
Additional facts about the case:
· We had heard about Sultani’s case from her relatives in Halol camp. The details and sequence of events of both testimonies matched.
· Sultani has not undergone a medical examination. Her leg had been swollen for three weeks as a result of the injury inflicted by a sharp weapon,
but it is healing now.
· No FIR has been filed though a written statement has been submitted to the DSP. In her statement she names some men from the mob (Jitu
Shah, PDS Shop owner of Delol village; Ashok Patel alias Don Dadhi of Ramnath village)
· When we spoke with her and her sister-in-law they both said they were feeling numb and lost, as they did not know where to go from the
Camp. She categorically stated that they could not go back to her village. She was terribly worried about the future especially her children’s.
Sultani has still not been told that her husband had died in the attack. She believes he is missing.
VILLAGE ERAL, KALOL TALUKA, PANCHMAHALS DISTRICT, FEBRUARY 28th, 2002[4]
On the afternoon of February 28th to escape the violent mob, about 40 of us got on to a tempo, wanting to escape to Kalol. My husband Feroze was
driving the tempo. Just outside Kalol a Maruti car was blocking the road. A mob was lying in wait. Feroze had to swerve. The tempo overturned. As we
got out they started attacking us. People started running in all directions. Some of us ran towards the river. I fell behind as I was carrying my son,
Faizan. The men caught me from behind and threw me on the ground. Faizan fell from my arms and started crying. My clothes were stripped off by the
men and I was left stark naked. One by one the men raped me. All the while I could hear my son crying. I lost count after 3. They then cut my foot with
a sharp weapon and left me there in that state.
Source: Sultani, Kalol Camp, Panchmahals District, March 30, 2002
Additional facts about the case:
· We had heard about Sultani’s case from her relatives in Halol camp. The details and sequence of events of both testimonies matched.
· Sultani has not undergone a medical examination. Her leg had been swollen for three weeks as a result of the injury inflicted by a sharp weapon,
but it is healing now.
· No FIR has been filed though a written statement has been submitted to the DSP. In her statement she names some men from the mob (Jitu
Shah, PDS Shop owner of Delol village; Ashok Patel alias Don Dadhi of Ramnath village)
· When we spoke with her and her sister-in-law they both said they were feeling numb and lost, as they did not know where to go from the
Camp. She categorically stated that they could not go back to her village. She was terribly worried about the future especially her children’s.
Sultani has still not been told that her husband had died in the attack. She believes he is missing.
- fightforjustice
- Guest
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RAPE OF 13 YEAR OLD YASMIN
VILLAGE DELOL, PANCHMAHALS DISTRICT. MARCH 1, 2002
The extended families of Mohammad Bhai and Bhuri Behn – about 20 people - were chased by the mob to the river. Javed and another boy who managed
to escape and hide behind a bush saw the mob kill Mohammad Bhai and rape Yasmin. They were about to kill the mother of the other boy who was
hiding with him. So he screamed and ran out from behind the bush and was caught. He was made to walk around the dead bodies that were burnt (as if
around a pyre) and he was then pushed into the fire.
Source: Women from Delol at Halol Camp, Panchmahals district, March 30, 2002. Javed, Mohammad Bhai’s nephew, had come to Delol to help his uncle. He
had narrated this to several of the women from Delol. Javed has returned to his village, Desar.
VILLAGE DELOL, PANCHMAHALS DISTRICT. MARCH 1, 2002
The extended families of Mohammad Bhai and Bhuri Behn – about 20 people - were chased by the mob to the river. Javed and another boy who managed
to escape and hide behind a bush saw the mob kill Mohammad Bhai and rape Yasmin. They were about to kill the mother of the other boy who was
hiding with him. So he screamed and ran out from behind the bush and was caught. He was made to walk around the dead bodies that were burnt (as if
around a pyre) and he was then pushed into the fire.
Source: Women from Delol at Halol Camp, Panchmahals district, March 30, 2002. Javed, Mohammad Bhai’s nephew, had come to Delol to help his uncle. He
had narrated this to several of the women from Delol. Javed has returned to his village, Desar.
- fightforjustice
- Guest
How has the Gujarat massacre affected the women?
First of all I CONDEMN that act of burning 58 people alive as any civilized human would do. The perpetrators should be HANGED or STONED to death. Use your common sense and Ponder over some of the points (1) Why was Godhra sealed for one whole week after the incident for journalists (2) They could have ordered enquiry by the sitting judge of Supreme Court in the Godhra matter , Till now they only constituted an enquiry commission under a retired high court judge(hand picked). (3) No riots can be of such Large scale in just one single day, Clearly it was pre-planned. Even the NHRC and NCM mentioned this.
Even if this doesn\'t convince you and you people believe that Moslems did it , So be it. I can only take the horse to the pond. It is he who has to drink.
Even if this doesn\'t convince you and you people believe that Moslems did it , So be it. I can only take the horse to the pond. It is he who has to drink.
- Aziz ur Rahman
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Mr fight for justice, I hope you will fight for justice irrespective of religion. Just the same thing happened to Hindus elsewhere. Condemn all those terrorists activites.
- Ali
- Guest
How has the Gujarat massacre affected the women?
Twelve people have been killed and another 15 wounded in an attack by suspected Muslim militants on a Hindu pilgrimage to the cave-shrine of Amarnath, high in the Himalayas.
Indian border police say two suspected militants exploded land mines and then engaged Indian security forces in a gunbattle.
Indian security forces have been deployed to protect pilgrims
One of the militants and two policemen were killed in the exchange of fire.
The pilgrimage, which sees up to 100,000 Hindus trekking to the shrine 14,000 feet up in the Himalaya mountains, has been suspended.
Two years ago, a similar incident resulted in the deaths of more than 20 people, although an official Indian inquiry blamed over-reaction by the police for the majority of the deaths.
This year, thousands of Indian soldiers, police and paramilitary border guards have been deployed along the route to protect the Hindu pilgrims.
No Muslim militant group has claimed responsibility for the attack, the latest in a series of violent clashes that has seen almost 200 people killed in the first half of July.
General Musharraf: Kashmir the key to peace
Ten or more militant Muslim groups are fighting Indian rule in Kashmir and Jammu, regions disputed by India and Pakistan
The military ruler of Pakistan, General Pervez Musharraf, has said there can be no peace between the two countries without a solution to the problem of Kashmir.
India\'s Foreign Minister, Jaswant Singh, replied by restating India\'s claim to the region.
But he also stresseed that the two sides would continue to seek peace.
Indian border police say two suspected militants exploded land mines and then engaged Indian security forces in a gunbattle.
Indian security forces have been deployed to protect pilgrims
One of the militants and two policemen were killed in the exchange of fire.
The pilgrimage, which sees up to 100,000 Hindus trekking to the shrine 14,000 feet up in the Himalaya mountains, has been suspended.
Two years ago, a similar incident resulted in the deaths of more than 20 people, although an official Indian inquiry blamed over-reaction by the police for the majority of the deaths.
This year, thousands of Indian soldiers, police and paramilitary border guards have been deployed along the route to protect the Hindu pilgrims.
No Muslim militant group has claimed responsibility for the attack, the latest in a series of violent clashes that has seen almost 200 people killed in the first half of July.
General Musharraf: Kashmir the key to peace
Ten or more militant Muslim groups are fighting Indian rule in Kashmir and Jammu, regions disputed by India and Pakistan
The military ruler of Pakistan, General Pervez Musharraf, has said there can be no peace between the two countries without a solution to the problem of Kashmir.
India\'s Foreign Minister, Jaswant Singh, replied by restating India\'s claim to the region.
But he also stresseed that the two sides would continue to seek peace.
- Peacful muslim
- Guest
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For the hindus who believe that crimes happened only with muslims , read this : weeks ago, the resident editor of The Times of India in Ahmedabad sent our office in Delhi a photograph so shocking it made my stomach churn. Shocking not just for what it depicted but because, to paraphrase Barthes, ‘‘one was looking at it from inside our freedom’’. This was my India. This is my India.
On a hot and dusty patch of asphalt lies the naked body of a woman, Geetaben, her clothes stripped off and thrown carelessly near her. One piece of her underclothing lies a foot away from her body, the other is clutched desperately in her left hand. Her left arm is bloodied, as is her torso, which appears to have deep gashes. Her left thigh is covered in blood and she is wearing a small anklet. Her plastic chappals sit sadly alongside her lifeless body and in the middle of the photo frame is a gnarled, red, hate-filled remnant of a brick, perhaps the one her assailants used to deliver their final blow.
Geetaben was killed in Ahmedabad on March 25, in broad daylight, near a bus stop close to her home. She was a Hindu who in the eyes of the Hindu separatists currently ruling Gujarat had committed the cardinal sin of falling in love with a Muslim man. When the sangh parivar mobs came for him, she stood her ground long enough for him to flee. But the killers seemed more interested in her. She was dragged out, stripped naked and killed. No lethal dose of Zyklon-B delivered surreptitiously in a darkened, secluded chamber.
Geetaben’s murder was never meant to be a furtive, secret affair. The holocaust that chief minister Narendra Modi’s administration presided over was engineered in the knowledge that the Indian state never punishes murderers with political connections. Delhi 1984, Bombay 1993, Gujarat 2002. Neither Congress, Third Front or BJP believes in Nurembergs.
In these troubled times when heroes are scarce and villains abound, Geetaben deserves to be worshipped. She is Gujarat’s Jhansi-ki-Rani, its La Passionaria. I salute you, Geetaben, from the bottom of my heart for your one brief moment of defiance. For even in death, with your helpless, innocent body bloodied and your clothes ripped apart, you showed more courage, humanity and dignity and more fidelity to the Hindu religion — than prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee has done in the past month. When the day of reckoning comes, no one will dare ask you where you were when Gujarat was burning. But when Yama waves a dossier at Mr Vajpayee and asks him how many lives he saved, what will he answer, I wonder. Will he hang his head in shame as he did at Shah-e-Alam camp.
On a hot and dusty patch of asphalt lies the naked body of a woman, Geetaben, her clothes stripped off and thrown carelessly near her. One piece of her underclothing lies a foot away from her body, the other is clutched desperately in her left hand. Her left arm is bloodied, as is her torso, which appears to have deep gashes. Her left thigh is covered in blood and she is wearing a small anklet. Her plastic chappals sit sadly alongside her lifeless body and in the middle of the photo frame is a gnarled, red, hate-filled remnant of a brick, perhaps the one her assailants used to deliver their final blow.
Geetaben was killed in Ahmedabad on March 25, in broad daylight, near a bus stop close to her home. She was a Hindu who in the eyes of the Hindu separatists currently ruling Gujarat had committed the cardinal sin of falling in love with a Muslim man. When the sangh parivar mobs came for him, she stood her ground long enough for him to flee. But the killers seemed more interested in her. She was dragged out, stripped naked and killed. No lethal dose of Zyklon-B delivered surreptitiously in a darkened, secluded chamber.
Geetaben’s murder was never meant to be a furtive, secret affair. The holocaust that chief minister Narendra Modi’s administration presided over was engineered in the knowledge that the Indian state never punishes murderers with political connections. Delhi 1984, Bombay 1993, Gujarat 2002. Neither Congress, Third Front or BJP believes in Nurembergs.
In these troubled times when heroes are scarce and villains abound, Geetaben deserves to be worshipped. She is Gujarat’s Jhansi-ki-Rani, its La Passionaria. I salute you, Geetaben, from the bottom of my heart for your one brief moment of defiance. For even in death, with your helpless, innocent body bloodied and your clothes ripped apart, you showed more courage, humanity and dignity and more fidelity to the Hindu religion — than prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee has done in the past month. When the day of reckoning comes, no one will dare ask you where you were when Gujarat was burning. But when Yama waves a dossier at Mr Vajpayee and asks him how many lives he saved, what will he answer, I wonder. Will he hang his head in shame as he did at Shah-e-Alam camp.
- Shalini_Prabhu
- Guest
How has the Gujarat massacre affected the women?
Sixty-five years old Devika Luhana was shaking with anger as she alighted from the ill-fated train. \"It was vandalism at its worst there. They did not even spare old people like me and pelted stones indiscriminately. They will all go to hell for this act of malice\", cursed Devika, who could not even retrieve her bag and money-purse as she ran for her life.
The contingent from Gujarat reportedly consisted of at least 1,000 women, majority of whom were senior ladies. \"We had gone to Ayodhya for a religious purpose. It is a shame that they chose to attack us whilst we were returning from a religious trip. In our culture, women are respected and not attacked with swords and acid. We should not take this lying down\", thundered Sushma Shukla as women kar-sevaks broke into \"Koi qurbani khali na jaye\" (no sacrifice should go unavenged).
\"They stormed inside the women\'s bogie and before we could react, they set the entire bogie on fire. Some of us managed to escape, but a number of our sisters got trapped... it was horrifying\", narrated Hetal Patel, a member of Durgavahini.
Cacophony ruled at the railway station as the VHP activists tried to sort out sevaks alighting from the Sabarmati Express district-wise for their easy transport back home. Workers ran from one end of the station holding placards with name of the district or city. Given the high-security arrangement, the sevaks were segregated and boarded instantaneously on to special AMTS and GSRTC buses arranged outside the station premises.
For some like 65-year-old Leelaben Dhobi, all hopes were dashed as she failed to find her son in those who arrived by the ill-fated train. \"I hope my son is alright.....he has four small daughters.... please find what happened to him\", cried Leelaben.
Ghisulalji Vaishnav, of Bopal, too was at sea as he could not find four boys from his society who had gone to participate in the \'Ram Jap Yagna\' amonsgt the arrivals. \"They are all young chaps in their 20s...I don\'t know what will I tell to their mothers back home...\", said Vaishnav.
The contingent from Gujarat reportedly consisted of at least 1,000 women, majority of whom were senior ladies. \"We had gone to Ayodhya for a religious purpose. It is a shame that they chose to attack us whilst we were returning from a religious trip. In our culture, women are respected and not attacked with swords and acid. We should not take this lying down\", thundered Sushma Shukla as women kar-sevaks broke into \"Koi qurbani khali na jaye\" (no sacrifice should go unavenged).
\"They stormed inside the women\'s bogie and before we could react, they set the entire bogie on fire. Some of us managed to escape, but a number of our sisters got trapped... it was horrifying\", narrated Hetal Patel, a member of Durgavahini.
Cacophony ruled at the railway station as the VHP activists tried to sort out sevaks alighting from the Sabarmati Express district-wise for their easy transport back home. Workers ran from one end of the station holding placards with name of the district or city. Given the high-security arrangement, the sevaks were segregated and boarded instantaneously on to special AMTS and GSRTC buses arranged outside the station premises.
For some like 65-year-old Leelaben Dhobi, all hopes were dashed as she failed to find her son in those who arrived by the ill-fated train. \"I hope my son is alright.....he has four small daughters.... please find what happened to him\", cried Leelaben.
Ghisulalji Vaishnav, of Bopal, too was at sea as he could not find four boys from his society who had gone to participate in the \'Ram Jap Yagna\' amonsgt the arrivals. \"They are all young chaps in their 20s...I don\'t know what will I tell to their mothers back home...\", said Vaishnav.
- fightforjustice
- Guest
How has the Gujarat massacre affected the women?
Pahalgam, April 20, Saturday : Three BSF personnel were arrested on Friday on charges of raping a 17-year-old girl in Pahalgam. The three were arrested after the victim identified them in a line-up at the BSF camp at Pahalgam. The BSF has initiated proceedings against the three that could lead to their court martial.An FIR was lodged yesterday in connection with the incident after a medical examination of the victim. The incident has triggered widespread protests among the people in the area and resentment against security forces.
- Another_crime_Against_Women
- Guest
How has the Gujarat massacre affected the women?
People did die in these horrible riots that took place. There are probably hundreds of people who die every day because of racism. In any case, its not right, and its not fair. I dont think that religion should be used to classify killers, it should be personality that classifies them...for those of you who hate muslims/hindus, remember that not everyone is the same, there are some of us who believe in friendship and peace...
- Saba
- Guest
How has the Gujarat massacre affected the women?
First of all I strongly condemn the burning of human beings in the train. Whoever, have done it cannot be a true Muslim or true Hindu. In fact, they cannot be called \"human beings\". And as such they have no right to stay with other human beings on this planet. Therefore, it is the first and foremost resposibility of the police and government to find out who these train burners were and punish them as harshly as possible by law.
Eight full weeks have passed from the date of the incident. This is significantly long period. Some people have been arrested, but no hearing has been initiated so far. Why? The government is in no hurry to bring to justice the perpretrators of this monumental crime. Why? In fact you will not hear what happened to those arrested for a long long time to come. Finally, most likely, they will be given bailed or freed becuase they have \"political connections\". But everyone knows how \"efficient\" was the government in patronizing the planned barbaric genocide in the name of taking \"revenge\".
These are the facts that led us to believe that there is something fishy about the Godhra incident. My dear countrymen, the involvement of the same elements who are burning other human beings cannot be ruled out.
Yes, there are some who believe that Bin Laden was not behind the WTC attack. Even the US says he is \"prime suspect\".
Eight full weeks have passed from the date of the incident. This is significantly long period. Some people have been arrested, but no hearing has been initiated so far. Why? The government is in no hurry to bring to justice the perpretrators of this monumental crime. Why? In fact you will not hear what happened to those arrested for a long long time to come. Finally, most likely, they will be given bailed or freed becuase they have \"political connections\". But everyone knows how \"efficient\" was the government in patronizing the planned barbaric genocide in the name of taking \"revenge\".
These are the facts that led us to believe that there is something fishy about the Godhra incident. My dear countrymen, the involvement of the same elements who are burning other human beings cannot be ruled out.
Yes, there are some who believe that Bin Laden was not behind the WTC attack. Even the US says he is \"prime suspect\".
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