Sardarpur Massacre,
Vijapur Police Station Area, Mehsana District
Incident
Details
Date Night of March 1-2, 2002
Time 9 p.m. to 4 a.m
Summary
Thirty Three
Persons including women and Children were roasted alive by a mob
that had made Shaikh Mohalla, Sardarpur Village a target of attack.
Witnesses from nearby Pathan Mohalla and others watched. Police has
been accused of utter complicity in failing to protect lives and
thereafter subverting investigation.
Sardarpura
Criminal Case No.275/2002 arising out of F.I.R. No. 46/2002 dated
28.2.2002 of Police Station Bijaypur, pending in the Court of
Sessions Judge, Mehsana, Gujarat (titled State v Patel Rameshbhai
Kanjibhai & Ors) CR 45/2002 and 46/2002 lodged by one PSI Rathod