Not so Godly ; an Investigation Into the Communal Carnage That Occurred in Marad in May 2003 has Indicted the State's Entire Political Class

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All the political parties of the state like to take the credit for God's Own Country remaining relatively free of the communal violence that has ravaged many other parts of the country. But they can't do that now. For the Judicial Commission's inquiry into the communal carnage that occurred on Marad beach, Kozhikode on May 2, 2003, which killed nine people, has indicted the state's entire political class for it. The one-man commission headed by Thomas P. Joseph, district and sessions judge, has also put in the dock the civil and police administration as also four key officials for having failed to prevent the carnage. The Left Democratic Front (LDF), which tabled the commission's report and the Action Taken Report in the state legislature last week after the Oommen Chandy government sat on it for three months, has decided to request the CBI to conduct a fresh investigation into the incident as directed by the commission.

The Government has initiated punitive action against the indicted officials, including a district collector and two IPS officers. "The report rips open the facade of our so-called enlightened society," says Sukumar Azhikode, prominent thinker and writer.

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Not so Godly ; an Investigation Into the Communal Carnage That Occurred in Marad in May 2003 has Indicted the State's Entire Political Class

The incident involved a gang of about 90 armed people unleashing terror in a Hindu-dominated area. The gang attacked everyone in sight, leaving eight, all Hindus, dead and scores injured. One of the assailants, a Muslim, was also killed. Later the police arrested a few assa...

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