Gujarat cops top list of riot atrocities: NCRB

It's official now. The Gujarat Police — accused of bias and committing atrocities during the riots in the wake of Godhra carnage —...

It’s official now. The Gujarat Police — accused of bias and committing atrocities during the riots in the wake of Godhra carnage — had killed the maximum number of civilians, says the latest report of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).

The report, released on Friday, stated that the maximum number of cases were registered against the state police during the Carnage in 2002

The Gujarat Police topped the list with as many as 506 cases of police firingr, thereby killing 222 civilians and injuring 361. At the second spot were the Maharashtra police with 100 cases of police firing and 73 deaths. West Bengal followed with 79 cases of firing wherein 23 persons were killed and 51 injured. The NCRB report, Crime in India, attributed the number of police firing cases in Gujarat to ‘‘communal strife’’ prevalent in the state.

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The report further said that in 258 cases, as many as 261 personnel were found involved but the chargesheet was filed only in 96 cases — reflecting the state of investigations.

Again Maharashtra, took the second seat with 219 cases reported against the police alleging involvement of 262 personnel. Chargesheets were filed in 13 cases. Rajasthan followed with 106 cases against the state police force involving 168 personnel. Releasing the report, Home Secretary N. Gopalaswami said the information and statistics compiled by the NCRB were useful in policy decisions and also for the police.

He said that by March next year, all the police stations of the country would be connected to the district headquarters through PollNet. The HQs in turn would be connected to the respective states and finally to the NCRB at the centre. This, Gopalaswami said, would make data compilation easier for the Central agency working under the Home Ministry.

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