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''Our demand is that Bal Thackeray be tried for rioting and inciting violence. Even the Sri Krishna Committee report had said that he was encouraging Shiv Sainiks to kill Muslims. It's a pity that still no action has been taken against him,'' said Shakeel Ahmed of Nirbhay Bano Andolan. read more »
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A special magistrate's court in Mumbai court has convicted senior Shiv Sena leader Madhukar Sarpotdar and two others in a 1993 Mumbai riots case. Magistrate RC Bapat Sarkar has convicted Sarpotdar along with two Shiv Sena activists -Ashok Shinde and Jaywant Parad - for making inflammatory speeches and causing enmity between religious groups during the riots. read more »
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Amid reports that Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray was being shielded in cases pertaining to the Mumbai riots, the Congress on Thursday said that no one will be spared and it would not be easy for anyone to escape from the jaws of law.

"There is no such thing. Whenever evidence is there, the state government will not not hesitate to file a chargesheet against any person," AICC Medi read more »
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Sanjay Dutt is almost released by the Supreme court.

He had received from the underworld an AK56 assualt rifle & hand grenades during the sensitive and dangerous times of Mumbai riots.

The court declared that an AK56 can be called a personal protection device and he got it for protecting his family !! It also changed the charges from stricter TADA to the much more lenient Arms Act.

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A delegation of activists, including Mahesh Bhatt, Teesta Setalwad, meets CM and asks him to stop Sena mouthpiece’s hate campaign,

Various minority organisations under the banner of Justice For All have demanded that the government reopen over a dozen cases of killings and rapes during the communal riots in th read more »
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