TRAGIC HINDU STORY OF MARAD MASSACRE
Tragic Event:
On 2 May 2003, in the early evening, eight Hindus were hacked to death by a Muslim mob on the beach after reeling in their catch for the day. The killers then
escaped into the local Juma Masjid, the Marad enquiry commission’s
(Justice Thomas P Joseph) report notes the submission of then Kozhikode
Police Commissioner T K Vinod Kumar that hundreds of local Muslim women
converged on the mosque to prevent the police from entering it to catch
the attackers
Initial investigation report of the Crime Branch Inspector General of
Police, Mahesh Kumar Singhla, had dropped enough hints that the NDF was
behind the massacre of eight people at Marad on 2 May.Mahesh Kumar Singhla was not able to give enough evidences in front of Thomas P Joseph commission on his arguments.
Later, the government troops unearthed a huge cache of weapons including 17 bombs.[12]
The police commissioner, TK Vinod Kumar stated: "It was an operation
carried out by a well-knit organization. It was a quick and sudden
attack which was over in 10 minutes. The attack came from a particular
community.".
One of the attackers, Mohammed Ashker, also killed during the
incident. The police recovered explosives and arms from the local Juma
Masjid two days after the killings as well as special investigation team
of the Kerala Crime Branch filed charge sheets against 147 people
accused of involvement or complicity in the crime.
Muslims Murdered Hindus
Key findings of Justice Thomas P Joseph Commission:
- "The patrolling and search for weapons said to be made by the local
police were not effective or purposeful. To put shortly, the local
police was lethargic in their attitude towards the situation at Marad
Beach."(chapter 5, sction 37)
- "It was unfortunate that the household items were damaged at Marad Beach in the presence of police"(chapter 5, sction 42)
- Coming in for strong indictment is then Kozhikode District Collector
T O Sooraj Mohamed, currently director of Industries for colluding with
Muslim League leadership in covering up facts. The commission has
observed that allegations that the Collector was a communalist cannot be
dismissed as untrue. The Collector had taken custody of the mosque from
where the police had seized lethal weapons. But, the commission noted,
he allowed Muslim League leader E Ahmed, then an MP and now Minister of
State for External Affairs, to enter the mosque and offer prayers, even as an
explosive situation prevailed in the area.
- The then Chief Minister A.K.Antony and the then industries minister and top Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) leader P.K. Kunhalikutty opposed any CBI probe into the massacre.
- The report mentions about the role of the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) and the National Development Front (NDF). IUML leaders like C. Mayin Haji and P.P. Moideen Koya were named to be aware of the conspiracy beforehand.
VERDICT:
Special court in Kozhikode on 15 January 2009 sentenced 62 of the 63
convicts to life in the May 2003 Marad carnage case. The case relates to
the murder of eight Hindu fishermen by an armed mob at Marad beach on
the night of 2 May 2003. One of the assailants was also killed during
the attack. There were a total of 139 accused in the case. In December
2008, additional sessions Judge Babu Mathew P Joseph convicted 62 people
for murder while a person was found guilty of abetment. The rest were
acquitted of all charges.
“deep conspiracy”:
On 17 April 2012, Kerala High Court observed that there had been
“deep conspiracy” behind the incident and that police had failed in
investigating it effectively.
The Opposition leader VS Achuthanandan accused Chief Minister Oommen Chandy
of trying to sabotage the Marad massacre case. BJP and Hindu Aikya Vedi
and CPI(M)’s State secretariat member Elamaram Kareem also called for a
probe by the Central agency.
Achuthanandan accused Chandy's Congress-led UDF, which is in
coalition with Indian Union Muslim League, of having intervened in the
Marad massacre case.[25]
Kerala BJP president V Muraleedharan wanted initiation of a case
against senior Muslim League leader MC Mayin Haji who had prior
knowledge of massacre plan, according to the Judicial Commission.
A documentary on the Marad Hindu Massacre
Muslim League leaders conspired in Marad massacre says FIR
TRAGIC HINDU STORY OF MARAD MASSACRE
Tragic Event:
On 2 May 2003, in the early evening, eight Hindus were hacked to death by a Muslim mob on the beach after reeling in their catch for the day. The killers then
escaped into the local Juma Masjid, the Marad enquiry commission’s
(Justice Thomas P Joseph) report notes the submission of then Kozhikode
Police Commissioner T K Vinod Kumar that hundreds of local Muslim women
converged on the mosque to prevent the police from entering it to catch
the attackers
Later, the government troops unearthed a huge cache of weapons including 17 bombs.[12] The police commissioner, TK Vinod Kumar stated: "It was an operation carried out by a well-knit organization. It was a quick and sudden attack which was over in 10 minutes. The attack came from a particular community.".
One of the attackers, Mohammed Ashker, also killed during the incident. The police recovered explosives and arms from the local Juma Masjid two days after the killings as well as special investigation team of the Kerala Crime Branch filed charge sheets against 147 people accused of involvement or complicity in the crime.
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| Muslims Murdered Hindus |
Key findings of Justice Thomas P Joseph Commission:
- "The patrolling and search for weapons said to be made by the local police were not effective or purposeful. To put shortly, the local police was lethargic in their attitude towards the situation at Marad Beach."(chapter 5, sction 37)
- "It was unfortunate that the household items were damaged at Marad Beach in the presence of police"(chapter 5, sction 42)
- Coming in for strong indictment is then Kozhikode District Collector T O Sooraj Mohamed, currently director of Industries for colluding with Muslim League leadership in covering up facts. The commission has observed that allegations that the Collector was a communalist cannot be dismissed as untrue. The Collector had taken custody of the mosque from where the police had seized lethal weapons. But, the commission noted, he allowed Muslim League leader E Ahmed, then an MP and now Minister of State for External Affairs, to enter the mosque and offer prayers, even as an explosive situation prevailed in the area.
- The then Chief Minister A.K.Antony and the then industries minister and top Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) leader P.K. Kunhalikutty opposed any CBI probe into the massacre.
- The report mentions about the role of the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) and the National Development Front (NDF). IUML leaders like C. Mayin Haji and P.P. Moideen Koya were named to be aware of the conspiracy beforehand.
VERDICT:
Special court in Kozhikode on 15 January 2009 sentenced 62 of the 63
convicts to life in the May 2003 Marad carnage case. The case relates to
the murder of eight Hindu fishermen by an armed mob at Marad beach on
the night of 2 May 2003. One of the assailants was also killed during
the attack. There were a total of 139 accused in the case. In December
2008, additional sessions Judge Babu Mathew P Joseph convicted 62 people
for murder while a person was found guilty of abetment. The rest were
acquitted of all charges.
“deep conspiracy”:
On 17 April 2012, Kerala High Court observed that there had been
“deep conspiracy” behind the incident and that police had failed in
investigating it effectively.
Achuthanandan accused Chandy's Congress-led UDF, which is in coalition with Indian Union Muslim League, of having intervened in the Marad massacre case.[25]
Kerala BJP president V Muraleedharan wanted initiation of a case against senior Muslim League leader MC Mayin Haji who had prior knowledge of massacre plan, according to the Judicial Commission.
A documentary on the Marad Hindu Massacre
Muslim League leaders conspired in Marad massacre says FIR
Marad Hindu Massacre - Kerala Government Report
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