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'There Was No Waiting Mob'

Depositions before the Nanavati Commission suggest that Godhra wasn't the premeditated act it was made out to be. It exposes the lie of February 27, 2002, but what is its truth?

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'There Was No Waiting Mob'
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  • The police chargesheet claims eight jerrycans of petrol were poured on the floor of the S-6 compartment by as many as seven people. It says the petrol was stocked in the Muslim-dominated Signal Falia area, a little outside the Godhra station, and used to torch the train.
  • The police present the Godhra incident as a pre-planned conspiracy, as part of which a mob waited in and around the station to attack the train. Depositions by railway officials say there was no such mob; people gathered only later in small groups of 10 or 15.
  • The police 'investigation' also says that people from outside pelted stones at the S-6 compartment, while several others hopped on to the train, ruptured the rubber vestibule and burnt the coach.

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  • The police had earlier said a mob splashed petrol from jerrycans into the compartment, hurled burning rags and set the S-6 bogie on fire. There was no mention of the fire being ignited by someone inside.
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