Zakia Jafri, who named Modi in Gujarat pogrom, dies – World

Nueva Delhi: Zakia Jafri, a survivor of the 2002 anti -majulmanic violence in Gujarat, who fought against legal cases to guarantee the responsibility of riots in several courts, she died, activist Teesta Setalvad wrote in a publication on social networks on Saturday .

Zakia Jafri was 86 years old.

She was the wife of the Parliament Member Ehsan Jafri, who was killed by a Hindutva mafia with another 68 in an attack against Gulberg’s housing society, a low middle -class Muslim neighborhood in Ahmedabad.

“Zakia Appa, a compassionate leader of the human rights community, died only 30 minutes ago! Your visionary presence will be missed by [the] nation, family, friends and [the] World! “Setalvad published in X.

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With Setalvad as copetitary, Jafri had requested several courts from scratch in search of investigations on the then main minister Narendra Modi and the roles of other government representatives in the disturbances. In 2008, in a petition presented by Jafri, the Supreme Court ordered reinvestigation in nine cases, including the incident of the Gulberg company.

In recent years, Jafri requested a clean fusion given by the special investigation team to 63 people, including Modi, in the Magistrates Court, the Superior Court of Gujarat and the Supreme Court. The three courts rejected their pleas.

The Supreme Court, while dismissed its statement in 2022, also made comments that were severely criticized, even by a former Judge of the Supreme Court, Judge Madan Lokur, while paving the way for the Gujarat police to register a new case against Setalvad , arrest, arrest, and the prison for 70 days.

“We found the strength in the argument of the defendant-stary that Mr. Sanjiv Bhatt, Mr. Haren Pandya and also Mr. RB Sreekumar was only sensationalizing and politicizing the issues in question, although, full of falsehood,” , the Supreme Court of the Court “,”, the Supreme Court of the Court “,”, “,”, “,”, “, the Supreme Court”, “,”, the Supreme Court “,”, “,” , “,”, “,”, “,”, the falsification of the Supreme Court. “said, dismissing the final appeal of Zakia Jafri.

Posted in Dawn, February 2, 2025