Fact: Of course, Muslims were killed in one-sided attacks in many places in the state like in Naroda-Patiya, Gulberg Society, Naroda Gram, Sadarpura, Pandarwada, Ode and other places but by and large, the riots were not one-sided and Muslims were hardly the cattle hiding from the slaughter house. As we have seen in a couple of earlier chapters, some Muslims were equally on the offensive, at least after the first three days.
Muslims attacked Hindus brutally in Modasa, Himmatnagar, Bharuch, Ahmedabad’s Danilimda, Sindhi Market and other areas.
Reports of The Hindu on this subject throughout the months of March and April 2002 make it clear that Muslims were on the offensive, called the shots in many areas, drove out Hindus from their houses, started the riots in many cases. India Today’s report on this subject in its issue dated 15 April 2002 also points out this same thing.
See paragraphs 8,9,10,11 and 15 of this story in India Today.
The Hindu reported that as early as 1st March 2002 itself, Muslims started violence in Ahmedabad. (See The Hindu’s report on this subject in its issue dated 2nd March 2002).
See last line of 9th paragraph from the top.
To read the full story of “Attacks on Hindus”, read the book.
Around 40,000 Hindus were forced to take shelter in refugee camps. The Dalits suffered heavily in the riots, only at the hands of the Muslims. On 21 March 2002, 50 Hindu shops were burnt in Ahmedabad’s Revdi Bazaar that caused a loss of 15 crore rupees.
See link:
Reports of The Indian Express and The Times of India show that Muslims drove out Hindus from their houses, and started some riots.
Muslims are on record (as per Police records) starting as many as 157 riots in Gujarat after 3rd March 2002. They pelted the police and even the Army with bullets and stones, when they arrived to conduct search operations in Muslim areas. The residents formed human chains and cut off power at night so that the criminals could flee with weapons from the Army.
(See paragraph 15 from the top)
Many judgments of different courts in Gujarat have sentenced some Muslims for rioting in Gujarat, post-Godhra. Total 80 Muslims have been convicted for the post-Godhra violence. This will be seen in detail later, in Myth 21. The conviction of Muslims proves that some Muslims were equally on the offensive.
Link for one judgment convicting 4 Muslims:
https://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/post-godhra-riots-dna-test-nails-4-killers/
To read the full chapter, read the book “Gujarat Riots: The True Story”.
https://www.amazon.in/Gujarat-Riots-True-Story-Truth/dp/1482841649/
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