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by random314 1304 days ago
> It was definitely failure of government mechanism and officials but not state sponsored voilence.

No, it was state sponsored violence, instigated by Narendra Modi alone. Judgements by a compromised court hold no water.

Here are the details of the pogrom of Zakias condo complex

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulbarg_Society_massacre

Even worse the testimony of police officers who have now been imprisoned

https://www.hindusforhumanrights.org/en/blog/for-immediate-r...

Even worse there is direct video confession by the rapists and murderers (who were convicted later) of Modi starting the riots and supporting them with state apparatus.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babu_Bajrangi

The video where Modis leadership is made explicit at 6:30

https://youtu.be/mfnTl_Fwvbo

To double down, this year Modis central government set several rapists and murderers who had been given life sentences free on Indian Independence Day and issued election tickets to the relatives of the convicted rapists and murderers.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/17/asia/india-bilkis-bano-rape-g...

https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/politics-behind...

Your linking to a report on the supreme court judgement in a "left leaning" newspaper as some kind of evidence is absurd. It's a report about the judgment not an editorial.

https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/an-exoneration/ar...

It doesn't get more naked and bald faced than this