Press Release Date: 11 October 2014

 PUCL, Vadodara submitted the fact finding report to the National Human Right Commission, Home Department Gujarat and DIG Gujarat for immediate action.  All those who believe in Democracy, Human Rights and Communal Harmony need to act urgently and sending a clear message that crime against humanity will never pay. -PUCL, Vadodara

People’s Union for Civil Liberties C/o Shishu Milap, 1 Shrihari Apartment, Behind Express Hotel, Vadodara – 390 007, Gujarat Email: [email protected], [email protected] Phone : 9427937162, 9824315187 Date: 11 October 2014

Fuelling enmities, continuing impunity: Fact-finding into the violence in Vadodara, September 2014 A report by People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), Vadodara

The Background Communal violence once again engulfed the city of Vadodara from 25 September to 30 September 2014. The city, hardly new to communal unrest, witnessed what was surely its mostschizophrenic moment, as the walled or old city neighborhoods were engulfed by violence, while the rest of the city continued dancing unfazed to the tunes of garba in the Navratri season.. The immediate trigger for the recent round of violence in Vadodara was were controversial and provocative images being uploaded on social media messaging platforms like, Whatsapp and Facebook on 25 September 2014. But as crime data shows this was in no way a sudden eruption of communal tension in the city. As per the report in the Times of India,1 based on National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data there were 151 incidents of riots during the year 2013 in Vadodara where the rate is 5.1 (number of riot per 1,00,000 population), is more than Ahmedabad, Surat and Rajkot. All these incidents include clashes of all kinds in which more than 4 people are involved. The isolated incidents of violent outbursts continued in 2014 before the May 2014 general elections but they did not constitute what is considered a law and order problem. After the 1

Sanskarinagri, state‟s riot capital too, by Tushar Tere in The Times of India, Ahmedabad, July 28, 2014

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general elections, it was clear that Vadodara was poised to go to the polls again following the elected representative Mr. Narendra Modi's resignation favouring his Varanasi seat over Vadodara. The communal tensions began to intensify from the month of May in the run up to the by polls for Vadodara Lok Sabha seat. Between May and July, at least 10 incidents of communal riots in three months from took place in Vadodara. Incidents of vehicle collisions, arguments at food stalls (lari) etc, became reasons for clashes between mobs of Hindu and Muslim communities. However, these skirmishes remained localised, and lasted for a few hours at the most, and did not escalate in magnitude to warrant police action. But they did fuel a momentum that aggravated communal tensions in the sensitive areas up to the by-election that took place on 13 September 2014. Campaign for communal harmony by groups like Sahiyar (Stree Sangathan) in sensitive areas, small group meetings and distribution of leaflet to appeal people that accidents, arguments between individuals of two communities are individual issues and should not be converted in to issues between communities by creating mobs of supporters, had limited impact in face of rising communal feelings. As elsewhere, the blatantly provocative campaign around communal and patriarchal issues like “Love Jihad” and call for restricting Muslim youth from Garba venues acted as spark to this aggravated communal feelings in subsequent months. In August and early September just before the by-election, leaflets warning Hindu girls against potential abductions by Muslim youth and creating fear among parents were circulated physically and also through social media. Hate messages against Muslims were also circulating on social media. This was widely reported in the local Gujarati press and also in national media in early September just before the by-election but no action was taken. (See Annexure-1 for English and Annexure-2 for Gujarati News Reports)2 With no effective action being taken against them,, these forces became emboldened and on 18September they went to give memorandum to the Commissioner of Police of Vadodara to prevent Muslim youth from participating in Garba. (See Annexure-3 andAnnexure-4) 3 A day before the beginning of Navratri (24 September), several women‟s organisations and social organisations of Gujarat wrote an open letter to the Chief Minister and Home Department to stop this hate propaganda. The Home Department of the Government of Gujarat officially declared that, „no one can be prevented from participating in Navaratri in a progressive state like Gujarat‟, but did not take any action against those who were pressurising Garba organisers to have various screening processes to exclude Muslims and also spreading hate messages through various media. The letter clearly stated that if there are any incidents of violence or exploitation of women, the perpetrators must be punished by the government instead of communalising the situation. The propaganda in the name of “Love Jihad” is not about safety of women but treating women as property of their community and increasing patriarchal control on women.

2 Please see the link for Annex. (1) http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/love-jihad-pamphlets-in-vadodarawarn-girls-against-becoming-prostitutes-589407 for Gujarati report Annex. (2) (http://navgujaratsamay.indiatimes.com/gujarat/central-gujarat//articleshow/42832448.cms) 3 Please see the link for Annex. (3) http://navgujaratsamay.indiatimes.com/gujarat/central-gujarat//articleshow/42832448.cms for Annex.(4) http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/amid-talks-of-love-jihad-vadodaragarba-organisers-tread-cautiously/99/

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(See Annexure-5 and Annexure-6).4 Despite this pre-emptive action was taken by the Gujarat government and Police department to prevent hate propaganda through social and other media.

25t- to 30 September 2014 On Thursday, the first day of Navratri on 25 September, a controversial morphed image was uploaded on social media by a Hindu owner of private tuition class which offended the feelings of his Muslim students and they objected and filed a complaint to the Police Commissioner. These youth while coming back from the office of Police Commissioner had a minor accident with a lawyer near the District court. This escalated into a clash between some lawyers and the Muslim youth. The repercussions were in the area of Fatehpura and Hathikana where the tuition class was located. The building of the tuition class in Panjrigar Mohalla was ransacked and houses of other Hindu people in nearby areas were also attacked by a mob. There was stone throwing by mobs of both the communities from Fatehpura, Kumbarwas, Koyali falia, and Ranavas.. Vehicles were put on fire and shops were attacked and looted. Violence escalated on the second day, 26September. The slightest provocation became reason for mobs in the streets of the old city to throw stones and attack individual people from the other community. There were incidents of stabbing of individuals, from both communities. Stabbing of a Muslim youth took place hardly 100 m away from the Mandvi gate where there is heavy police deployment. Both Hindu and Muslim people, mostly poor or lower middle class, were affected by this violence. In all, 11 were injured, 11 rounds of bullets and 50 tear gas cells were fired by the police to quell mobs. The Bar Association of Vadodara upped the ante by objecting to the statement by the Police Commissioner that the violence escalated after the attack by lawyers on the vehicle of a young person from the minority community. They called for a strike in the district court and asked for the resignation of the Police Commissioner. The nature of violence changed after first two days and many other factors rather than spontaneous clashes between mobs were visible. As per people‟s perception, inaction slow or late actions by police were one of the major reasons for the spread of violence. On the other hand indiscriminate arrest of innocent youth in large numbers from both the communities eroded the trust of people on the law and order machinery. On 28 September the Police Commissioner suspended mobile data, bulk sms as well as wireless internet service across the city till 30 September.. However the violence continued up to the 30th, proving that a ban on social media and internet for all is not the solution. The government should have investigated from where messages on social media were emanating and taken action against individuals who spread rumors or hate messages which they did not. This led to violence spreading to newer areas outside the walled city areas like Nagarwada, Navapura, Ayurvedic Cross road, Memon colony etc. Many stabbings incidents also had other dimensions of personal revenge and in the low income area of Nawapura Mali Mohalla were also related to land issues with a section of the builder lobby involved in the violence. Women from Yakutpura area called women activists to report about police atrocities and requested them to visit the area.

4 Link for Annex. (6) (http://www.counterview.net/2014/09/ahead-of-navratri-senior-gujarat.html?spref=fb) 3

Yakutpura area On 27-09-2014 a team of activists associated with PUCL visited the Yakutpura area. The team was told that the violence was by police and not by any other community. People told them that there was no trouble in their area but police entered the area and in Minar Masjid Falia, Patel Falia 1 and Patel Falia 2 they suddenly started breaking vehicles. They damaged each and every vehicle that was parked in these areas. About 70 vehicles including, bikes, cars, auto rickshaws were damaged by them. Police damaged vehicles, cars, auto rickshaws window panes and doors of many houses. They also beat some women with lathis. They were very abusive using the worst form of sexually explicit abuses. When the women questioned why they were indulging in violence on this scale, they pulled their dupattas and almost choked one of them. They did not spare even children; A boy from 10th standard returning from tuition classes was also beaten. They even beat up animals in their frenzy. Police also burst 20 to 25 tear gas shell and carried out 5 to 6 rounds of firing. As per the complaint of the women they were just standing outside their houses and police came forward to beat them up. It was also reported that when they went to police station to lodge an FIR against this violence, they were viciously abused and driven out of the police station being threatened that that they are terrorists and they will be prosecuted under law. Some 40 to 50 young men were reported to be picked up from their homes and locked up. The team met the Police Inspector in charge and he promised to release those who are not in video/photos in their possession. People expressed the feeling that police has done this violence to terrorise and silence the community as they wanted to report the incidence of uploading of objectionable images about their religion on internet. As per their experience, the same pattern of violence as always is going on -communal violence either by police or by police accompanied by one community, or police watching and doing nothing. As in the 2002 violence, young Muslim men were beaten mercilessly and locked up in large numbers only because they belong to a community with no evidence against them, beating and abuse of women, burning and breaking of vehicles, shops and houses. According to local people, this is done to incite violence and then propagate further violence. Initially people were very angry due to this violation by police without any provocation and wanted to take up the case of Human Rights violation through PUCL. But when some of the people along with their local leaders went to make representation about this behaviour of police to the Police Commissioner they felt that there is no point in complaining as they will not get justice. They are no more willing to take this up as a case of violation of their rights because they fear further violence by the police if they do so. The PUCL fact-finding team went to the office of the Collector and gave our memorandum of appeal for peace and for Vadodara administration to act to restore peace and then met the Commissioner of Police Mr Radhakrishnan.(Copy of the memorandum, Annexure-7) He was apprised of the violence perpetrated by the police in Yakutpura. He accepted that the crime branch police was at fault in attacking the citizens and would take appropriate action. The team requested the Commissioner to formulate a citizen police joint committee for spreading awareness and reducing communal tension which he declined and told us to act ourselves in our own localities. He was in denial mode and said that there was almost no violence, saying that just one person throws a stone and everybody closes their shop and start spreading rumours. We told 4

him that people close shops and don‟t send their family members to work because they are afraid as there is insufficient protection. In spite of the assurance by the Police Commissioner the brutal police attacks continued on the night of 27tSeptember 2014.

Taiwada, near Sat Daragah Area This incident did not take place in a so called border area where areas from two communities face each other but an internal area surrounded by Muslim neighborhoods. As reported by the residents of a Mohlla near Sat (Sevan) Daragah, Taiwada area to the PUCL team on the 28 September, on 27th night, at 1.00 am, a few policemen came and made a round of the Taiwada area though there was no trouble in the area. At 2:15 am, 30-35 police came in with people in civil dress and slippers, some of whom had handkerchiefs on their faces, with steel pipes and started breaking the doors and picking up 5-6 boys after beating them with pipes and rods. As reported by Ashiyana Abdul Latif to the PUCL team, Abdul Latif was not in his house as he was on night duty. In his absence, the steel bars of windows of his house were broken with instruments brought for the purpose and plain clothes policemen entered the house. Then they put on the light and broke the doors. They pushed Abdulbhai's wife Ashiana bano against the fridge. They then went to the other room where their son Abdul Raheman (Aged 19) was sleeping, caught him by his private parts and dragged him out. When his sister cried to them to leave her brother, they turned their attention to the girls and tried to pull them even while the mother was trying to protect them. They beat the mother and the girls and tore the clothes of the daughter Amrin (aged 22). They told the mother to give them both girls if they wanted the boy free. The mother was beaten on the head near her eyes with a lathi, and the girls were also beaten with lathis. Amrin who is also a nurse in a state of shock, trauma and has started getting fits. Her situation worsened and became unconscious so she was admitted in the Sayaji General Hospital in the morning of 28-9-2014. In the hospital she mentioned about assault by police as reason for her injuries and mental shock and also registered her complaint in the Police Station of the General Hospital. But the doctor mentions assault by “opposing party” in her case paper and she is not sure what police has mentioned in the FIR/Register. They are not given either copy of FIR. She was discharged at about 2.00 p.m. on the same day. As per the complaint of the residents, they also broke windshields of 3 to 4 rickshaws and took out petrol and applied lighter flame to the petrol and later poured water on it and said it was burned by a petrol bomb to arrest the boys. They broke doors of the house of Tahirabanu and beat her boy who is student in first year of college and took him. He has exams from 7th October. Her mother says she had sold her gold jewellery to pay tuition fees for the boy and his one year will be lost. Police entered the house of Kulsumbibi Adbdulrahim Pulaowala (aged about 50 yrs.) and beat her on thighs and broke the cupboard and broke fixtures and glass all over the house. She was so much afraid that did not go to hospital to get treatment. Only with support from human right activists she was taken to hospital only on 29tSeptember. On 29September with support from human rights and women‟s activists about 70-80 women from Taiwada area went to make representation to the Commissioner of Police about this brutal incident. The human rights activists wrote an open letter to the Commissioner of Police

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Vadodara, with a copy to the Home Department, Gujarat and National Human Rights Commission. (See Annexure-8)

Fatehpura, Koyali Falia and Ranavas As per the residents of the area the trouble started from 25th afternoon when a mob came to attack the tuition class located near their area. Along with the tuition class the houses and vehicles of other Hindu residents were also attacked by the mob. Shop keepers were forced to close their shops. Auto rickshaws, hand carts (lari0, etc were also damaged. The trouble continued over the next few days. As per the compliant of the people several innocent boys were picked up by police.

Factors affecting riots in Vadodara Various factors have contributed to this new wave of communal violence in the city of Vadodara. Some of these are: 

Growing influence of BJP and right wing Hindu groups over police and administration



Nexus between Police , Politicians and Criminals



The ascendance of powerful builder lobbies and the related issues around land and attempts to displace people from poor bastis.



Disturbed Areas Act was imposed in sensitive areas of Vadodara. As per this act people cannot sell their property in those areas to person from other community without the permission of the Deputy Collector. The notification was ending on 30 September 2014. It is said that to get extension in the implementation of this act was also one of the reason for Vadodara riots. The notification was extended up to 2019 on 30th September 2014.



Settlement of personal rivalry in cases of stabbing



Rivalry within BJP local leaders to sustain their hold on certain areas



The lack of enough staff within police department

Revisiting 2002 As per the complaint received by human rights activists, the minority community is suffering from an added violence i.e. brutal violence by police. Many a time plainclothes police also known as D staff whose movements are not recorded officially, have entered the Muslim dominated neighborhoods after midnight and arrested young boys indiscriminately. There are reports of police abusing verbally and physically assaulting women in very similar pattern as witnessed during the 2002 riots. It seems that on the political front the bogey of development is no more effective in keeping people under its and influence and the BJP government is intent on communalising the situation and elements like VHP and Bajrang Dal are being given a free hand. On the other hand police officers who are facing charges in cases of encounter, politicians like Dr. Maya Kodnani who are accused in 2002 riot case are out on bail giving an impression to the communal trend within police department that blatant communal behavior will not create problem for them. Not only this incident but also growing incidents of communal violence and the apathetic role of police and administration is evident in the case of a communal clash in Ahmedabad in 6

which one youth died on Eid ul Zuha eve and other parts of Gujarat. The growing influence of right wing Hindu groups who have taken to aggressive posturing, influencing and infiltrating police and administration ranks are actively creating an environment that is detrimental to communal harmony and peace. (See Annexure-7 for English News Reports) 5 All those who believe in Democracy, Human Rights and Communal Harmony need to act urgently and sending a clear message that crimes against humanity will never pay.

Fact-finding team : Ashok Gupta, Reshma Vohra, Kamal Thakar, Tapan Dasgupta, Yusuf Shaikh, Shaukat Indori, Trupti Shah, Hamida Chandol, Sabiha Hakim, Naginbhai Patel, Hardik Rana,

Report Written by -Trupti Shah, Ashok Gupta, Reshma Vohra with inputs from the fact finding team.

Glimpses of violence on people, property and vehicles

Kulsumbibi aged 50 years bitten by police in her home at 2.15am who did not complaint up to 3 days due to fear and did go to even hospital for 3 days. Photograph after 3 days.

Tuition Class ransacked by mob for uploading controversial morphed Photograph on 25th

5 Link for Annex. (7) http://indianexpress.com/article/india/gujarat/common-thread-in-gujarat-clashesvhp-aiding-police/99/ and (8) ( http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Fear-factor-gone-post-ModiGujarat-turns-communal-again/articleshow/44655367.cms )

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Broken doors of Ashianabano‟s Home

Ashianabano‟s injury after 5 days.

Some example of unprovocated violence by police on vehicles.

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Annexure -1

'Love Jihad' Pamphlets in Vadodara Warn Girls Against Becoming 'Prostitutes' All India | Written by Rohit Bhan | Updated: September 10, 2014 14:44 IST

A "Love Jihad" pamphlet circulated in Vadodara Vadodara: Pamphlets on "Love Jihad" being discreetly circulated in parts of Vadodara in Gujarat are being investigated by the police. The pamphlets, written in Gujarati, name the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) as the source and have apparently been printed at a press in Rajkot. They begin by asking - "Do you want to Become a Prostitute? No? Then Read, Think and Behave" - and go on to list statistics that claim an increasing number of Hindu women are being lured by Muslim men into marriage, and are living as "second, third or fourth wives." Hindi films are blamed for facilitating "Love Jihad", the term used by pro-Hindu groups for what they call an Islamist strategy to seduce and convert Hindu women. "For the last 10 years, dons like Dawood Ibrahim, Haji Mastan have spent crores in Hindi films and serials. Hindu priests and saints are shown in a bad light in these films and serials whereas Muslim clerics are shown in a good light. Hindu girls are shown romancing Muslims heroes in films, Muslims boys get influenced by this and as part of an international conspiracy they dress up well and roam around in motorbikes to trap our Hindu daughters and sisters," the pamphlets say. The VHP, which is affiliated to the ruling BJP's ideological mentor Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, has refused to talk about the pamphlets but some insiders say the organization does release "awareness campaign" material "from time to time." 10

The Vadodara police say they are investigating the leaflets. Vadodara will hold by-polls this Saturday after Prime Minister Narendra Modi vacated the seat and chose to retain his other constituency, Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh. The BJP last month avoided the term "love jihad" when it adopted forced conversions as a campaign issue for the by-polls in key states including Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh. But some of its members have been less circumspect. Among them is BJP MP Yogi Adityanath, who has been accused of making inflammatory statements in Uttar Pradesh, where polls will be held in 11 assembly seats and one Lok Sabha seat on Saturday.

Annexure-2 http://m.newshunt.com/india/gujarati-newspapers/newsofgujarat/gujarat-now/lav-jehad-mamalevadodarama-pharati-patrikani-tapas-polise-sharu-kari_31978076/c-in-l-gujarati-n-newsgujaratncat-GujaratNow

રલ જેશાદ ભાભરે લડોદયાભાાં પયતી ઩ત્રિકાની ત઩ાવ ઩ોરીવે ળરૂ કયી By newsofgujarat, 10 Sep 2014

10 Sep) ગુજયાતભાાં રખામેરી ઩ત્રિકા યાજકોટની પ્રેવભાાં છ઩ાઈ શોલાની ળક્યતા લડોદયા ગુજયાતભાાં પયતી થમેરી ઩ત્રિકા ફાફતે લડોદયા ઩ોરીવે ત઩ાવ આદયી છે . 13ભી વપ્ટેમ્ફયે લડોદયા રોકવબા ફેઠક વહશત 9 ત્રલધાનવબાની ઩ેટાચટાં ૂ ણી મોજાઈ છે . તે ઩શેરા પયતી થમેરી આ ઩ત્રિકાએ યાજકીમ ગયભાલો રાલી દીધો છે . એક તયપ લીએચ઩ી આ ફાફતે કઈ ઩ણ કશેલા તૈમાય નથી. તો ફીજી તયપ આ ઩ત્રિકા ઩ાછ઱ લીએચ઩ીનો શાથ શોલાનુ ાં લીએચ઩ી સુિો જ જણાલી યહ્ાાં છે . જોકે ઩ત્રિકા યાજકોટભાાં છ઩ાઈ શોલાનુ ાં ભનાઈ યહ્ુાં છે . જે હદળાભાાં લડોદયા ઩ોરીવે ત઩ાવ આદયી છે . આ છ઩ામેરી ઩ત્રિકાભાાં મુસ્લરભ યુલકો દ્રાયા હશિંદુ છોકયીઓને કેલી યીતે બો઱લીને બગાડી રઇ જલાભાાં આલે છે તે વાંદબે રખાણ રખલાભાાં આવયુ ાં છે . ઩ત્રિકાનુ ાં રખાણ બડકાઉ છે . આ ઩ત્રિકા ફાદ ચચાાઈ યહ્ુાં છે કે ગુજયાતભાાં ત્રલશ્વ હશન્દૂ ઩હય઴દ પયીથી એક્ટીલ ભોડભાાં આલી ગયુ ાં છે . ગુજયાતની કભાન જ્માયે નયે ન્દ્ર ભોદીના શાથભાાં શતી ત્માયે ભોટાબાગે લીએચ઩ી ળાાંત જ યહ્ુાં શતુ.ાં ઩યાં ત ુ શલે રલ જેશાદ મુદ્દે ગુજયાતભાાં ત્રલશ્વ હશન્દૂ ઩હય઴દે ઩ોતાની શાજયી નોંધાલી છે . ગુજયાતભાાં લશેંચામ યશેર આ ઩ત્રિકાભાાં એલો ઩ણ આયો઩ રગાલલાભાાં આવમો છે કે મુલરીભ યુલકો હશિંદુ છોકયીઓને ફાઇક ફતાલી રરચાલે છે અને ઩છી તેભને ફીજી-િીજી ઩ત્ત્ન ફનાલી લેશ્માવ ૃત્રતભાાં ધકેરે છે . લતાભાન વભમે ત્રલશ્વ હશન્દૂ ઩હય઴દે અમુક ઩ત્રિકા લશેતી કયી છે . આ ઩ત્રિકાભાાં રખાયુ ાં છે કે હશન્દુ યુલતીઓને રરચાલા ભાટે મુસ્લરભ ગુડાં ાઓને કયોડા રૂત્ર઩મા ઉ઩રબ્ધ કયાઈ 11

યહ્ાાં છે . મુસ્લરભોની ધાત્રભિક વાંલથા જભાત-એ-ઈલરાભી હશિંદનુ ાં કશેવ ુ ાં છે કે આ પ્રકાયે નપયત પેરાલનાયા અભબમાન વાભે વત્તાધાયી ઩ક્ષ ચુ઩ છે તે ભચિંતાજનક છે . ગુજયાતનાાં જભાત-એ-ઈલરાભના પ્રેત્રવડેન્ટ ળકીર અશેભદનાાં અનુવાય, ત્રલભચિ લાત છે કે આ પ્રકાયની ઩ત્રિકા ભીડીમાના શાથે રાગી જામ છે ઩યાં ત ુ ઩ોરીવના શાથે રાગતી નથી. જોકે મુદ્દો ગયભામા ફાદ શલે લડોદયા ઩ોરીવે ત઩ાવ આદયી છે . ગુજયાતના નાણા ભાંિી અને યાજ્મ વયકાયના પ્રલક્તા નીત્રતન ઩ટેર અને બાજ઩ના ભશાવભચલ ત્રલજમ રૂ઩ાણીએ કહ્ુાં કે લીએચ઩ીને આ ઩િ ફાફતે કોઈ જાણકાયી નથી. ઩ટેર જણાવયુ ાં કે ભેં આભ વાાંબળયુ ાં નથી કે જોયુ ાં ઩ણ નથી. ગુજયાત બાજ઩ના અધ્મક્ષ આય.વી.પ઱દૂ એ આ ભાભરે કઈ ઩ણ કશેલાનો ઈન્કાય કયી દીધો. તેભનુ ાં કશેવ ુ ાં છે કે લીએચ઩ીએ આ ઩િ છ઩ાવમાાં છે . એટરે તે જ તેના ઩ય હટપ્઩ણી કયળે. ગુજયાત લીએચ઩ીનાાં પ્રેત્રવડેન્ટ હદરી઩ ત્રિલેદીએ જણાવયુ ાં કે વાંલથા આ ભાભરે રોકોભાાં જાગૃત કયી યહ્ો છે . કાયણ કે આ પ્રકાયના ભાભરા વાંગહઠત યીતે આગ઱ લધી યહ્ાાં છે . તેભણે એક અંગ્રેજી વભાચાય઩િને જણાવયુ ાં કે ઩િ ઉ઩યાાંત અભે ફેઠક કયીને રોકોને આ ફાફતે જણાલી યહ્ાાં છીએ. લીએચ઩ીની ઩ત્રિકાભાાં આયો઩ રગાલાભાાં આવમો છે કે મુસ્લરભ યુલાનો હશન્દૂ યુલતીઓને રરચાલાની કે ઩છી ફ઱ાત્કાય કયલો તેભજ તેભની ફીજી,િીજી કે ચોથી ઩ત્ની ફનાલલી તે ઩ોતાની ધાત્રભિક જલાફદાયી વભજે છે . જોકે લીએચ઩ીના વીત્રનમય પ્રત્રતત્રનત્રધએ કબ ૂર કયુું કે ઩ત્રિકાભાાં રખામેર બા઴ા જરૂહયમાતથી લધાયે આક્રાભક છે . તેભણે નાભ જાશેય ન કયલાની ળયતે જણાવયુ ાં કે આભ થવુ ાં જોઈતુ ાં ન શતુ.ાં આ લાત ઓછા આક્રભક લરણ વાથે ઩ણ કશી ળકામ તેભ શતી. આ ઩િભાાં આ પ્રકાયની યુલતીઓનાાં ભા-ફા઩ને ભદદની લાત ઩ણ કયાઈ છે . ઩ત્રિકા અનુવાય, ઩ોતાની ફેટીઓને બરે બ્યુટી પ્રત્રતમોભગતાથી દૂ ય યાખો, ઩યાં ત ુ તેને ઩ોતાના ઘયે ઈજજ્ત વાથે ઘયે ઩યત રાલો. આ પ્રકાયની મુશ્કેરી આલે ત્માયે લીએચ઩ી, દુગાા લાહશની અને ફજયાં ગ દ઱નો વાં઩કા કયો. આ પ્રકાયના કોઈ નલા કે જૂના ભાભરાની જાણકાયી લીએચ઩ી ઓહપવને આ઩ો અને અભાયા ઈયાદાને પ ૂણા કયલાભાાં ભદદ કયો.

Annexure-3 http://navgujaratsamay.indiatimes.com/gujarat/central-gujarat/-/articleshow/42832448.cms ુ રભાન યલ ુ ાનોને ગયફા ગ્રાઉન્ડભાાં પ્રલેળ નશીં આ઩લાની લડોદયાભાાં ભાગ મવ Sep 18, 2014, 11.00PM IST

મુવરભાન યુલાનોને ગયફા ગ્રાઉન્ડભાાં પ્રલેળ નશીં આ઩લાની લડોદયાભાાં ભાગ આખા દે ળભાાં 'રલ જેશાદ'નો ભાભરે ઊબો થમો છે ત્માયે ગોધયાભાાં હશન્દુ અસ્લભતા હશત યક્ષક ત્રવત્રભત તયપથી ગયફાભાાં મુવરભાન યુલાનોને પ્રલેળ નશીં આ઩લાની અ઩ીરના ભાભરે ત્રલલાદ ળરૂ થમો છે . 12

ત્માયે લડોદયાભાાં ઩ણ મુવરભાનોને ગયફા ગ્રાઉન્ડભાાં પ્રલેળ નશીં આ઩લાની ભાગ ઊઠી છે . લડોદયા ળશેયના યુલાનોના એક જૂથનુ ાં નૈત ૃત્લ કયી યશેરા જમયાજત્રવિંશ લાધેરાએ આજે ઩ોરીવ કત્રભળનય તથા કરેકટયને યજૂઆત કયીને ળશેયના ગયફા આમોજકોને મુવરભાન યુલાનોને પ્રલેળ ઩ય ઩ાફાંધી પયભાલલા ભાટે અ઩ીર કયી શતી.

Annexure-4 http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/amid-talks-of-love-jihad-vadodaragarba-organisers-tread-cautiously/99/

Amid talks of love jihad, Vadodara garba organisers tread cautiously

Organisers decorate a garba venue to celebrate the nine-day festival from September 25. (Source: Express photo by Bhupendra Rana) Written by Aditi Raja | Ahmedabad | Posted: September 24, 2014 4:49 am Fielding questions from reporters about their stand on right-wing outfits’ campaign against love jihad, Minesh Patel, in-charge of the event at the city’s most popular garba venue, the United Way of Baroda (UWB), said, “We will follow the guidelines laid down by Anandiben Patel here in Gujarat or Modiji in Delhi. We have been closely associated with Modiji and so we will adhere to any orders issued in this regard. So far, we have not received any such guidelines.” The organizers, however, said they were not denying passes to applicants providing valid I-D proof. Although UWB has made it mandatory for participants to register online after submitting a valid photo identity proof for the last couple of years, this year there has been stress on providing photo I-D proofs for male participants across garba venues. Patel said the I-D proof gathered by UWB was for their record. “We have a system where we know the exact details of the players who are registering with us. The price for a male entry is Rs 2500 and for females it is a refundable Rs 200. I am not sure if we have received any entries from people from other communities as we have not yet gone through the list, but one thing is sure that no one can get passes without providing a valid 13

identity proof,” Patel says. The UWB has already seen a registration of 18,000 females and 7,000 male participants so far. The Karelibaug Samuh Garba Mahotsav, organised at the Karelibaug Sports and Cultural Association (KSCA) ground, has sought police help to deal with “romeos from the minority community”. The association has taken to online registration of male participants this year, with a submission of a valid photo I-D in order to be able to collect forms. Girls get in free. The organisers, however, say that they have retained the discretion to give out forms to desiring participants only if they are satisfied with the I-D proofs. “So far, we haven’t given out forms to Muslim participants,” an organiser says. The organisers here have also installed additional CCTV cameras to spot suspected “romeo” male participants. Manoj Patel, a Municipal Corporator and a member of the association, says, When everyone comes in traditional clothes, we cannot identify them by religion. Many Muslims come with their sisters, who wish to play garbas, and are dressed traditionally. But with the I-D proofs in place, they will not be able to register in fake names. We have decided to issue smart cards for players that will help them through the nine days. We have asked for police security. If we find any boy from the minority community lurking around in the crowds, we will first request him to leave and then hand him over to the police.” Organisers feel that daily passes that do not require registration by I-D proof will be a “loophole” that will need to be “covered”. Patel says, “We keep about 500 passes for daily players who do not want to register for all nine days. At the venue, we have installed CCTVs at the pass counter, which will help us keep a check on suspicious people.” Another organizer, Maa Shakti Garba, is also maintaining caution while handing out passes to male participants. “We have not yet received any request from Muslims to give them passes, but if we do, we will consult our higher members and decide,” says Bhavesh, who is looking after the distribution of passes through associated outlets in the city where male participants must submit I-D proofs. City police has upped its ante on patrol around garba venues. Active anti-romeo squads and anti-rioting squads, along with the SRPF and RAF, will be on standby. Commissioner of Police E Radhakrishana said, “The garba ground is a private event and we have given the organisers licences on the condition that they will provide security, frisking of luggage and people, CCTV cameras, alternative power supply, fire accident requirements. We will have our squads in place for vehicle checking, riot prevention and any untoward incidents. We have no role to play in the allotment of passes. We understand that as per law entry to a garba event can be by pass or ticket and not on the basis of religion. That would be illegal and we have to maintain harmony.” - See more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/amid-talks-of-love-jihadvadodara-garba-organisers-tread-cautiously/99/#sthash.QmO9RusW.dpuf

Annexure-5 (Letter written by 11 organisations of Gujarat to prevent hate campaign in the name of “Love Jehad” on 24-9-2014) ુ યાતનાાં સ્ત્રી વાંગઠનો અને જનવાંગઠનોનો મખ્ ુ મભાંિીને ખલ્ુ રો ઩િ ગજ By Fax તા. ૨૪-૯-૨૦૧૪ પ્રત્રત, 14

1. સુશ્રી આનાંદીફશેન ઩ટેર, મુખ્મ ભાંિી, ગુજયાત યાજ્મ 2. શ્રી એવ. કે. નાંદા, અત્રધક મુખ્મ વભચલ, ગૃશ ત્રલબાગ, ગુજયાત યાજ્મ ત્રલ઴મ : કોભલાદી અને સ્ત્રી ત્રલયોધી દુષ્પ્પ્રચાય કયનાયાઓ વાભે તાત્કારીક નક્કય ઩ગરાાં બયલા ફાફત. ભશોદમા/ભશોદમ, છે લ્રા કેટરાક વભમથી કેટરાક જૂથો દ્વાયા અરગ અરગ યીતે કોભી તાંગહદરી અને કોભલાદી ઝેય પેરાલલાના પ્રમત્નો થઈ યહ્ા છે . નલયાિીભાાં હશન્દુ ત્રવલામના યુલકોને પ્રલેળ ન આ઩લાના પતલાઓ ઉ઩યાાંત “રલ જેશાદ”ના નાભે કયલાભાાં આલતો દુષ્પ્પ્રચાય તેભની એક યીત છે . સ્ત્રીઓને જે તે વમુદામની ત્રભરકત ભાની તેભના ઩ય અંકુળ લથાત્ર઩ત કયલાના આ પ્રચાયને તાત્કાભરક યોકલા ભાટેના નક્કય ઩ગરાાં બયલા અભે આ઩ને આ ઩િ રખી યહ્ા છીએ. નલયાિી ભાિ ધાત્રભિક તશેલાય નથી ઩યાં ત ુ ગુજયાતની આગલી વાંલકૃત્રતનો બાગ છે . ગુજયાતની અનેક વાભાત્જક ચ઱લ઱ો જેભ કે, આઝાદીની રડત, ભશા ગુજયાત, ભોંઘલાયી ત્રલયોધી રડત, નાયીલાદી ચ઱લ઱ોભાાં ભફનવાાંપ્રદાત્રમક ગયફાઓ ફનાવમા છે અને તેનો ઉ઩મોગ તભાભ ધભાના તથા કોઈ ઩ણ ધભાભાાં ન ભાનતા ભાનલતાલાદી રોકોએ કમો છે . આ઩ણે ગયફાને હશિંદુત્લલાદી તત્લોને શલારે થલા દઈ ળકીએ નશીં. જો કે આજે તો ખયે ખય નલયાત્રિ ભોટે બાગે વમા઩ાય, નપો અને ટુહયઝભ ભાટેન ુ ાં વાધન ફની ગઈ છે તે ભચિંતાનો ત્રલ઴મ છે . આજના, તા.૨૪-૯-૨૦૧૪ના લતાભાન઩િ દ્વાયા જાણલા ભળયુ ાં છે કે ગૃશ ત્રલબાગે આદે ળ આપ્મો છે કે જો કોઈ આમોજકો ધભાના નાભે કોઈને પ્રલેળ આ઩લાનો ઇન્કાય કયળે તો વયકાય તેની વાભે વખ્ત ઩ગરાાં બયળે. આ જાશેયાત આલકામા છે ઩યાં ત ુ પ ૂયતી નથી. કાયણકે ધભાના આધાયે પ્રલેળ ન આ઩લો તેલી લાતો વાથે કોભી લૈભનષ્પ્મ લધે તેલા વાંદેળાઓ, ઩ત્રિકાઓ, એવ.એભ.એવ. તેભજ વોલમર ભીહડમા દ્વાયા ફશો઱ા પ્રભાણભા પયી યહ્ા છે . ઉ઩યાાંત આ વાંલથાના કામાકયો ઩ોતે ફીજા ધભાના રોકોની ત઩ાવ કયી, તેભને યોકળે તેલી જાશેયાત ઩ણ તેભણે કયે ર છે . નલયાિીભાાં છોકયીઓ સ્ત્રીઓની વરાભતી જા઱લલાની જલાફદાયી ઩ોરીવતાંિ અને વયકાયની છે . ‘હશિંદુત્લલાદી’ જૂથોના કામાકાયોને જો આભ કયલા દે લાળે તો તે ગેયકામદે વય શળે, કોભી તાંગહદરી લધાયતુ ાં અને છોકયીઓની વરાભતી નશીં ઩યાં ત ુ તેભની ઩ય અંકુળ લધાયનારુાં જ શળે. છોકયીઓની વરાભતીના પ્રશ્નોને કોઈ ઩ણ યુલકના ધભાને કાયણે નહશ ઩યાં ત ુ છોકયીઓને ઉ઩બોગનુ ાં વાધન તયીકે જોલાની યુલકો/પુરુ઴ોની દ્રષ્ષ્પ્ટને કાયણે ઊબા થામ છે . આલા તત્લોનો મુખ્મ ઇયાદો આ દ્વાયા કોઈ ખાવ ધભાના રોકોને નલયાિીભાાં બાગ રેતા યોકલાનો ઉ઩યાાંત છોકયીઓભાાં બમ ઊબો કયલાનો છે . અને તેથી જ આ તત્લો વાભે વયકાયે કડક ઉદાશયણ રૂ઩ ઩ગરાાં બયી આ તત્લોએ ઊબા કયે રા બમના લાતાલયણભાથી ફશાય નીક઱ી રોકો બાગ રઈ ળકે તેલા લાતાલયણનુ ાં ત્રનભાાણ કયવુ ાં જોઈએ.

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અભે ભાનીએ છીએ કે કોઈ ઩ણ છોકયી કે સ્ત્રીને છે તયનાય, તેન ાંુ ળો઴ણ કયનાય કે તેની ઩ય હશિંવા કયનાય ુ ેગાય છે અને તેની ઩ય કામદે વયના ઩ગરાાં રેલાની વયકાયની પયજ છે . ગન ુ ેગાય કોઈ ઩ણ વ્મક્તત ગન ધભમનો શોમ તે ભશત્લન ુ નથી. ભશત્લન ુ એ છે કે તેણે એક સ્ત્રી કે છોકયી ઩ય હશિંવા કયી છે . કેટરાક તત્લો “રલ જેશાદ” જેલા ળબ્દોનો ઉ઩મોગ કયી તેનો દુષ્પ્પ્રચાય કયી છોકયીઓને અને તેભના ભાતા-ત્ર઩તાને ડયાલીને, ગેયભાગે દોયીને ઩ોતાના ધભા કે વમુદામની છોકયીઓ ઩ય અંકુળ લધાયલાની પ્રવ ૃત્રત્ત કયી યહ્ા છે . આની ઩ાછ઱ રૂહઢલાદી અને ત્ર઩ત ૃવત્તાક ભાનત્રવકતા છતી થામ છે . આ રોકો પ્રગત્રતળીર ફની યશેરો આ઩ણો દે ળ અને ઩ેઢી આ઩ણાાં બાયત દે ળના ફાંધાયણે આ઩ેરા અત્રધકાય મુજફ ઩ોતાની ઩વાંદગીથી રગ્ન કયી યશી છે ત્માાં તભાભ ધભો અને તેના લાડાઓભાાં પયી એના એજ ખપ્઩યભાાં આજની ઩ેઢીને શોભી દે લા ભાાંગે છે અને તેનો પામદો કેટરાક યાજકાયણીઓ ભે઱લી યહ્ા છે . બાયતના ફાંધાયણની કરભ ૨૧દ્વાયા ભ઱ે ર મ ૂ઱ભ ૂત અત્રધકાય અને વિશેષ વિિાહ અવિવનયમ અંતર જ્ઞાવત અને િમી ઱ગ્ન કરિાને કાન ૂની ગણે છે . ઉ઩યાાંત આ દે શમાાં આંતય જ્ઞાવત અને િમમ સાંબિ ાં ોનો ઱ાાંબો ઈવતહાસ રહ્યો છે તેને નકાયીને દે ળના ફાંધાયણ મુજફ, ‘તભાભને ઩વાંદગીથી પ્રેભ કયલાનો, રગ્ન કયલાનો, ગભે તે વમલવામ કયલાનો, શયલા પયલાનો, ઩ોતાની અભબવમસ્ક્ત યજૂ કયલાનો કે ધભા ઩વાંદ કયલાના અત્રધકાયનો ત્રતયલકાય કયી “રલ જેશાદ”ના નાભે પેરાલતા સ્ત્રી ત્રલયોધી લાતાલયણ અને કોભી ઝેયનો અભે ત્રલયોધ કયીએ છીએ. એક ફાજુ રાર હકલ્રા ઩યથી બાયતના લડાપ્રધાન તયીકે નયે ન્દ્ર ભોદીએ કશેછે કે "... मैं दे श के उन ऱोगों का आह्वान करता हूं कक जाततवाद का ज़हर हो, सम्प्रदायवाद का ज़हर हो, आतूंकवाद का ज़हर हो, ऊूंच-

नीच का भाव हो, यह दे श को आगे बढ़ाने में रुकावट है । एक बार मन में तय करो, दस साऱ के लऱए मोरे टोररयम तय करो.....” અને ફીજી ફાજુ મોગી આહદત્મનાથ જેલા ફી.જે.઩ી.ના નેતાઓ, વાાંવદો સ્ત્રીઓ જાણે ઩ોત઩ોતાના વમુદામની ત્રભરકત શોમ તેભ જોધાફાઇને ત્રવકાંદયની દીકયીના યાજકીમ વોદાની લાતો કયી યશમા છે . ઩ોતાની ત્રભરકત ત્રતજોયીભાાં પ ૂયી યાખલી અને ફીજાની ત્રભરકત લટાં ૂ લાની ભાનત્રવકતા તેભના ત્રનલેદનભાાંથી છતી થામ છે ત્માયે વયકાય ચ ૂ઩ કેભ છે ? પ્રેભ એટરે અંતયની રાગણી ભનુષ્પ્મએ એક એવુ ાં પ્રાણી છે જે પ્રેભ લગય જીલી ળકતા નથી. એક ભાનલી ફીજા ભાનલીને પ્રેભ કયે તે ખોટુાં નથી, એ કુદયતી છે . પ્રેભ એ નાત, જાત, ધભા, ઩ૈવો, અભીય, ગયીફ જોતો નથી ફવ તેઓ એટલુ જ જાણતા શોમ છે કે અભે એક ફીજાને પ્રેભ કયીએ છે . પ્રેભ એ પ્રેભ કયનાય જ વભજી ળકે આનો તકા ળોધલો ળકમ નથી. ુ ેગાય છે પ્રેભ/રલના નાભે કોઈ ઩ણ કોભ કે ધભમની છોકયી કે સ્ત્રીને છે તયીને તેન ાંુ ળો઴ણ કયે તે વ્મક્તત ગન અને તેને વજા થલી જોઈએ. જમાાં પ્રેભ શોમ ત્માાં ધભમ ઩યીલતમન જરૂયી નથી તેવ ાંુ અભે સ્઩ષ્પ્ટ ઩ણે ભાનીએ છીએ અને વાથે વાથે રગ્ન થતાાં જ છોકયીની ઓ઱ખ ઘય, નાભ, અટક, જ્ઞાત્રત, યશન વશન, ત્રભિો, અને આખ ાંુ જીલન જ ફદરાઈ જામ તેલી ત્ર઩ત ૃવત્તાક ઩યાં ઩યાનો ઩ણ ત્રલયોધ કયીએ છીએ. રગ્નના ફજાયભાાં ઩ોતાની જ જ્ઞાત્રત કે ધભાની છોકયીને ખોટી ઉમ્ભય, આલક, વમલવામ, ઘય, વાં઩ત્રત્ત ફતાલીને કે યોગ, અળસ્ક્ત છુ઩ાલીને છે તયનાય કે ળો઴ણ કયનાય રોકોની વાંખ્મા અનેક ઘણી લધાયે છે અને તેઓ ઩ણ એટરા જ ગુનેગાય છે ઩યાં ત ુ “રલ જેશાદ”ની બ ૂભો ઩ાડનાયાઓ તેના ત્રલ઴ે એક ળબ્દ ઩ણ ફોરલા તૈમાય નથી. કાયણકે તેઓ ઩ોતાના વમુદામની છોકયીઓ-સ્ત્રીઓને જીલાંત વમસ્ક્ત નશીં ઩ણ ઩ોતાની ત્રભરકત ભાને છે અને તેભની વાથે ઩ોતાના જ ધભા કે જ્ઞાત્રતના પુરુ઴ો દ્વાયા થતો દૂ યવમલશાય કે 16

ળો઴ણની તેભને ભચિંતા નથી. બાયતની વાંવદે ઘયે લ ુ હશિંવાથી સ્ત્રીઓનુ ાં યક્ષણ કયલા ફનાલેર કામદા શેઠ઱ પહયમાદ નોંધાલલા ભાટે ઩ણ સ્ત્રીઓને ૧-૩ ભહશના સુધી યાશ જોલી ઩ડે છે . જેઓ “રલ જેશાદ”ના નાભે હશન્દુ છોકયીઓના યક્ષણની લાત કયે છે તેઓ ‘ઘયે લ ુ હશિંવા અત્રધત્રનમભ ૨૦૦૫’નો અવયકાયક અભર કયલા અંગે ક્યાયે મ ફોરતા નથી કાયણ કે ઩ોતાના વમુદામની છોકયી કે સ્ત્રીને ભાયલી કે જાનથી ભાયી નાખલાની “઩યાં ઩યા” તેઓ ભનુલમ ૃત્રતના જભાનાથી અનુવયતા આવમા છે અને શજુ ઩ણ અનુવયે છે . “રલ જેશાદ”ને હશન્દુ અને મુસ્લરભના કોભી લાડાભાાંથી ફશાય આલીને જોઈએ તો ફેઉ ઩ક્ષે સ્ત્રી જ દાલ ઩ય રાગેરી શોમ છે . સ્ત્રીની ભયજી જાણ્મા લગય ધાક ધભકીથી તેના ઩ય ઩ોતાનો ત્રનણામ થો઩ી દે લાભાાં આલે છે . તેનાથી સ્ત્રીની વમસ્ક્તગત ઓ઱ખ ભવ ાં ૂ ાઈ જામ છે અને તે ઩ોતાના જ ઘયની, કોભની અને ધભાની “ઇજ્જત” ફનીને યશી જામ છે . આ કોઈ નલી લાત નથી. ગુજયાતભાાં ૧૯૯૦ના દામકાથી ફજયાં ગ દ઱, ત્રલશ્વ હશન્દુ ઩હય઴દ, બાજ઩, દુગાા લાહશની જેલા જૂથો જ્માયે ઩ણ તેભને કોભલાદી લાતાલયણ પેરાલલાની જરૂય રાગે ત્માયે થોડા થોડા વભમે “મુવરભાનો હશન્દુ છોકયીઓને પવાલલાનુ ાં ઴ડમાંિ કયી યહ્ા છે ...આ હશન્દુ છોકયીઓને લટરાલલાનુ ાં એક આમોજનફધ્ધ કાલતરુાં છે ... તેભણે આયફ દે ળોભાાંથી તે ભાટે ઩ૈવા ભ઱ે છે ... લગેયે“ પ્રચાય કયી યહ્ા છે . ગુજયાતભાાં છે લ્રા 20 લ઴ોથી બાજ઩નુ ાં વાળન છે તો ગુજયાત ઩ોરીવ અને વયકાયે આ ૨૦ લ઴ાભાાં કેટરા કાલતયા અને કેટરા ઴ડમાંિો ખુલ્રા ઩ાડયા અને જો ન ઩ડયા શોમ તો વયકાય તેભ કયલાભાાં કેભ ત્રનષ્પ્પ઱ યશી? જો આજે ઩ણ બાયતના કોઈ ઩ણ બાગભાાં આવુ ાં કોઈ ઴ડમાંિ ચારતુ ાં શોમ તો બાયત વયકાયે ઩ોરીવ, વી.ફી.આઇ. અને તભાભ તાંિોનો ઉ઩મોગ કયી તાત્કાભરક તેને ખુલ્લુ ઩ાડી અને ગુનેગાયોને વજા કયલાની ઝડ઩ી કામાલાશી કયલી જોઈએ ઩યાં ત ુ તેભ કયલાને ફદરે તેઓ જો કેટરાક તત્લોને “રલ જેશાદ” જેલી ઩ામા લગયની લાતોનો પ્રચાય કયલા દે તો વયકાય ઩ોતે જ છોકયીઓના તેભજ તેભના ભાાં-ફા઩ના ભનની અવરાભતી લધાયી તેભના ત્રલકાવને રૂાંધલાની કોત્રળળ કયે છે . ુ યાત અને બાયત વયકાય છોકયીઓના હશતના અભે નીચે વશી કયનાય વાંગઠનો ભાાંગણી કયીએ છીએ કે, ગજ યક્ષણ ભાટે તથા વભાજભાાં વાંલાહદતા જ઱લામ તે ભાટે મોગી આહદત્મનાથ, પ્રલીણ તોગહડમા અને તેભના ુ , લોટ્વ એ઩ અને તભાભ જેલો પ્રચાય કયનાય તભાભ સ્થાત્રનક તત્લોને ઩ત્રિકાઓ, વબાઓ, પેવ બક પ્રકાયના વાંચાય ભાધ્મભોનો ઉ઩મોગ કયી દુષ્પ્પ્રચાય કયતા યોકલા નક્કય ઩ગરાાં બયે અને તેભની ઩ય સ્ત્રી ુ ામો લચ્ચે કોભી તણાલ અને લૈભનશ્મ પેરાલલા ફદર ત્રલયોધી લાતાલયણ ઊભ ાંુ કયલા ફદર તથા વમદ કામદે વયની કામમલાશી કયે .

ક્રભ

નાભ

૧.

ત ૃપ્તત

વાંગઠન/વાંસ્થાન ાંુ નાભ ળાશ,

યે શ્ભા વહશમય (સ્ત્રી વાંગઠન)

પોન નાં /ઈભેર [email protected]

વ્શોયા, હદ઩ારી ઘેરાણી, જી - ૩ ત્રળલાાંજરીફ્રેટ્વ, કભર ઠાકય

નલજીલન ઩ાવે આજલા યોડ, લડોદયા

૨.

યીટા

ચોતવી,

ુ દ સન ાં ા વાંગગની, લડોદયા

[email protected] 17

તામડે ૩.

વોહપમા ખાન

વપય, અભદાલાદ

[email protected]

૪.

સત્રુ ળરા પ્રજા઩ત્રત

એતળન એડ, અભદાલાદ

[email protected]

૫.

નીતા શાહડિકય

આનાંદી, ઩ાંચભશાર, યાજકોટ

[email protected]

૬.

પ્રીત્રત વોની

કચ્છ ભહશરા ત્રલકાવ વાંગઠન,

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કચ્છ ૭.

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Annexure-6 ( http://www.counterview.net/2014/09/ahead-of-navratri-senior-gujarat.html?spref=fb) September 24, 2014 Ahead of Navratri, senior Gujarat activists write to CM Anandiben Patel to protest Love Jihad "terror"

By Our Representative With Navratri festival all set to begin in Gujarat, several civil rights groups and individual activists of Gujarat have come together to strongly protest the efforts by certain “extremist” forces to create an atmosphere of communal hatred in Gujarat in the name of fighting Love Jihad, saying, the essence of the whole exercise of these forces is to consider women as 18

property of a particular community by considering Navaratri as the private property of a particular Hindutva group. In a strongly-worded letter to Gujarat chief minister Anandiben Patel, they have urged upon her to immediately put a brake on their “vicious propaganda.” Pointing out that Navratri, which starts on September 25, is not just a religious festival but exemplifies Gujarat’s cultural heritage, the letter says, “It is dangerous that the Hindutva forces are trying to project it as their private property. One should not allow this to happen. This is particularly pernicious that it is happening at a time when Narvratri garbas are sought to be turned into commercial profit-making ventures for propagating tourism.” Among those who have signed the letter include Trupti Shah of Sahiyar Women’s Organisation (Vadodara), Nita Choksi of Sangini (Vadodara), Sofia Khan of Safar (Ahmedabad), Sushil Prajapati of Action Aid (Ahmedabad), Nita Hardikar of Anandi (Rajkot), Priti Soni of Kutch Mahila Vikas Sangathan, Latifa Giteli of Alfasal Education Trust (Godhra), Priti Jha of Peace and Equity Cell (Ahmedabad), Rohit Prajapati of Paryavaran Suraksha Samiti (Vadodara), and social activists Rajal Chattopadhyay and Prasad Chakko. The letter says, while the state home department has issued an order saying that it would “strictly deal with those who do not allow individuals to enter into garba premises in the name of religion”, efforts are lacking to ensure that this does not happen. “Already, attempts are being made, via social media and through the distribution of leaflets, to not to allow individuals of a particular community to enter into garba events”, it said, adding, “Already, Hindutva forces have taken upon themselves the task of not allowing persons of that community into garba premises. If this happens, it would be illegal, and it is the responsibility of the police to ensure that things are not allowed to slip like this.” Suggesting that all this is merely leading to the creation of even more communal hatred, the letter says, “This is merely creating an atmosphere of terror among young boys and girls. We hope that you agree that criminals have no religion, and whoever perpetrates all this is brought to books.” Particularly taking strong exception to the term “Love Jihad”, the letter said, “The entire effort is to create a feeling of fear and anxiety among the parents about what would happen in case their daughters to go to garba, which last till late at night.” Calling this a reflection of the patriarchal mindset, the letter said, “Instead of making efforts to ensure security of girls, these forces are seeking to put restrictions on them.” Pointing out that some political forces are seeking to take advantage of all this, the letter says, all this is “against the very spirit of the Indian constitution, which provides full rights to any adult to enter into marriage relationship with the person of another religion.” It adds, while Prime Minister Narendra Modi says that communal and caste divisions are “hurdles in the way to development, elements like Adityanath, Pravin Togadia and other leaders are behaving as if women are the private property of their faith.”

Annexure-7 (Memorandum Submitted by Concerned citizens of Vadodara) Date : 27-09-2014 To, The Collector, 19

Vadodara

The Police Commissioner Vadodara

We, the citizens of Vadodara are shocked at the senseless communal violence that has rocked the city since the last two days. We condemn the violence and appeal to the people of Vadodara, young and old, to please come forward and communicate with everyone you know, with all means available to you, and express solidarity with the idea of communal harmony and peaceful neighborhoods. We also appeal to the administration and political parties in Vadodara to do all they can do to bring peace and harmony in the city. This is the same 'Nagar' where Aftabe Mausiki Ustad Faiyaz Kahn, Scholars like Maharshi Arvind, Pt.Shivkumar Shukla and great people like Acharya Vinoba Bhave, and Dr.Babasaheb Ambedkar have contributed to making the city vibrant.

We have world renowned M.S.University of Baroda. We have heritage building like Swami Vivekanand Memorial where Swami Vivekanand stayed for some time.

Yusuf Shaikh Ashok Gupta, Vadodara Children Activity Centre Dhiru Mistry Film maker, PUCL Dr. Juzur Bandukwala, PUCL Dhiru Mistry Vice President People‟s Union of Civil Liberties, Vadodara Dr.Lancy Lobo, Centre for Culture and Development, Vadodara Jaswantsinh Chauhan,Social Activist Chinu. Srinivasan, Sahaj Shishumilap Reshma, Sahiyar Kamal, Sahiyar Yusuf Shaikh, AVHRS Amar Rana, Social Activist Nisar Miyan, Amjuman Imdade Bahami Bank Rita Choksi, Sahiyar Abdul Qyayum, Social Worker Tapan Dasgupta, Social Worker Nagin Patel, Social Worker Ashok Kahar, Social Worker Shaukat Indori , Social Worker Trupti Shah, Shahiyar. Rohit Prajapati, Social Activist

Annexure-8 From: Concern Citizens of Vadodara By Fax and Email 20

Date: 29 September 2014 To, Mr. E. Radhakrishan, Commissioner of Police, Police Bhavan. Vadodara.

Sub: Take concrete steps to bring normalcy in the city of Vadodara and take immediate actions in the cases of assault on women by police. Sir, A team of social activists visited some of the affected areas on 27th September 2014 on the request of affected people. A detailed report of our visit is under process but after visiting the area we have personally discussed with you and informed you about the role of Police, (particularly plain cloth police, also known as D staff). The police should prevent violence and arrest those who undertake violence. Instead many people particularly women complaint about the verbal abuse and physical assault on them by police. The marks of injury were visible on their body. You had promised to look in to the matter and assured that this will not be repeated. We are shocked to know that brutal police attacks are continued on the night of 27th September 2014. As per the complaint by Ms. Ashiyana Abdul Latif Shaikh (aged about45 years) on the night of 27 around 2.00 a.m., police rounded up moholla in the area of Wadi Taiwada and entered the houses of people. About 8-10 plain clothed police who also covered their face with clothes having pipes and iron roads broke their door, window and entered her house. Broke fridge, lights and picked up her son Abdul Raheman (aged 19). When women from the house asked why they are picking him up they assaulted Ms. Ashiyana on head and hands, her younger daughter Mubina on back and legs and brutally assaulted Amrin Abdul Latif Shaikh (aged about 22). They torn Ms. Amrin Abdul Latif Shaikh cloths and beat her with iron road on head, shoulder and back. Her situation was versioning and became unconscious so she was admitted in the Sayaji General Hospital in the morning of 28-9-2014. In the hospital she mentioned about assault by police as reason for her injuries and also registered her complaint in the Police Station of the General Hospital. But the doctor mentions assault by “opposing party” in her case paper and she is not sure what police has mentioned in the FIR. They are not given either copy of FIR. She was discharged at about 2.00 p.m. on the same day. While we are writing this her mental and physical condition is very bad. Other women are also assaulted but have not yet gone even to hospital due to fear of further violence. 21

We tried to contact you on 28th September 2014 at your office and on your cell phone but could not get through. Today on 29th September 2014 we talked with you on your cell phone but could not get appointment, hence we are sending this Fax and Email. The situation of Vadodara is vitiated by communal forces and the blatant violation of human rights by police will not save the situation. We the undersigned expect immediate steps from you. We are peace loving citizens of Vadodara and are working for peace and harmony. We assure our cooperation.

C. C.

(1) Mr. S. K. Nanda Additional Chief Secretary- Home Department, Government of Gujarat.

(2) Justice K. G. Balkrishanan, Chairperson, National Human Rights Commission, Manav Adhikar Bhavan, Block-C, GPO Complex New Delhi-110023

Names

Organization

Contact

Trupti Shah,

Sahiyar (Stree Sangathan), Vadodara

09427937162

People‟s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), Vadodara

09824315187

Reshma Vohra Ashok Gupta, Rohit Prajapati, S. Shrinivasan Shaukat Indori, Sabiha Hakim

[email protected]

0265-2320399 09998771064

Social Workers, Vadodara

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09998292127

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