A 25 year dalit youth Jaysukh Madhad, who recently became Sarpanch in a village in Amreli district of Gujarat, on Tuesday was hacked to death by people of upper castes
Gujrat, India (February 06, 2014): It is learnt that a former head of Intelligence Bureau’s Gujarat wing and three of his serving colleagues were today (Feb. 06) charged with murder and conspiracy in the extra-judicial killing of Ishrat Jahan and three others 10 years ago.
Gujrat, India (July 04, 2013): A 19-year-old girl named Ishrat Jahan was killed along with three others (all men) by Gujarat Police in 2004. The police had claimed that all were connected to 'terrorist activities' and were killed in an encounter. But now the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has concluded that Ishrat Jahan was not connected to any terrorist activities, and further that she was killed in a fake/staged encounter. CBI reportedly filed a charge-sheet in this matter on July 03, 2013.
New Delhi, India(June 18, 2013): People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) has shared a statement by the mother of Ishrat Jehan, a victim of fake encounter. It is notable that the Ishrat Jahan encounter took place on 15 June 2004, and involved encounter killings of four people on an empty road stretch between Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar in Gujarat state, by the officers of Ahmedabad Police Crime Branch.
Ludhiana, Punjab (March 14, 2013): It is learnt that a U.S. business school has cancelled it's plans for a video address by Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi.