In 1990, a group of Hindu Sannyasis (Karsevaks) had gathered at Ayodhya & chanted Ram Dhun/"Jai Shri Ram". They were both men & women pilgrims and unarmed. The UP state police reporting to a government led by Mulayam were lying in wait. They surrounded them & fired on them indiscriminately. They could have shot the legs. But they went for the heart & killed as many as he could.
The survivors surrendered. They were flogged mercilessly. The women were manhandled.
The government tried to cover it up. The bodies were buried in Muslim Mazars. The victims' families were refused their bodies. The government falsely claimed to have killed 16. The VHP cremated 76 bodies. An Indian Express reporter told Dr.Koenraad Elst that 125 people were killed. Eyewitnesses claimed that at least a thousand had been killed. There is no 'unofficial estimate'. Here is Dr.Elst's write-up on the massacre in his book "Ayodhya".
How did the Marxist Missionary Mullah controlled Mainstream Media and Human Rights organizations react? Silence. Indian journalist Rajdeep Sardesai called for silence.
This was one of the two biggest state sponsored massacres in independent India.
At the very least, the buried bodies should be returned to the families so that they can complete the final rites. There should also be a probe into the incident, and all the perpetrators should be held accountable.
Will the victims ever get justice?
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