2002 riots: ‘Ethnic cleansing, genocide are foreign terms… cannot be considered’
In her petition challenging the clean chit given by a special investigation team to Narendra Modi and others in the Gulberg Society killings, Zakia Jafri had used the expressions “ethnic cleansing” and “genocide”. On Thursday, Ahmedabad metropolitan magistrate B J Ganatra dismissed both “foreign terms” as not applicable while rejecting Zakia’s petition. Ganatra also rejected the “larger conspiracy” argument raised by Jafri. Excerpts from his … Continue reading 2002 riots: ‘Ethnic cleansing, genocide are foreign terms… cannot be considered’