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| Godhra bogie was burnt from inside: Report |
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| 07/03/02 at 09:34:30 |
| [slm] The experiment that was done is based upon the allegations by the perpetrators of the genocide of Muslims of Gujarat that Muslims of the locality, who had assembled there in a mob incensed at the abduction and molestation of a Muslim lady by the Hindu extremist groups coming back from the disputed Babri Masjid site, poured inflammable liquid from outside using open containers. It should be noted that the Ahmedabad-based Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) is a specialized government institution. Its role: Role - independent expert opinion to the Courts of Law - assist/train investigating agencies in forensic aspects - mainly CBI, Delhi Police & Courts - research & development in the field of forensic science. During 1997 - examination of 205,929 exhibits referred in 5,045 cases - expert testimony in 778 Courts - forensic assistance to Lok Sabha Secretariat, UPSC, DRI, Banks, Railway Board, etc. REF:[url]http://mha.nic.in/othorg.htm[/url] ===================================== Godhra bogie was burnt from inside: Report TIMES NEWS NETWORK [ WEDNESDAY, JULY 03, 2002 12:05:58 AM ] AHMEDABAD: The mystery over the burning of the S-6 compartment of Sabarmati Express at Godhra on February 27, which killed 59 passengers and set off an unprecedented spate of communal frenzy all over Gujarat, has turned deeper with the forensic report on the incident discounting the possibility of the mob throwing inflammable liquid from outside and then setting the bogie on fire. Investigations made by the Ahmedabad-based Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) have now shown that almost 60 litres of inflammable material was poured from inside the compartment before it was set on fire. A report by the FSL's Assistant Director Dr M S Dahiya, which is part of the charge-sheet filed in the Godhra case about a month back, is based on a study of the pattern of the burns in the compartment and a simulated exercise conducted on May 3 to recreate the incident. The report contradicts the view held so far that the mob which attacked the train threw inflammable liquid at the train using buckets and cans from a distance, even while the passengers had shut all the windows and doors of the compartment. To recreate how the crime must have been committed, a train bogie was placed at the same spot. Using a variety of different containers, it was doused with liquid for experimental observation. The report said the height of the window of the bogie was found to be seven feet. In these circumstances, it was not possible to throw inflammable liquids into the bogie from the outside with the help of a bucket or a jerry-can because by this method most of the liquid fell outside the bogie. At the spot of the incident, at about a distance of 14 feet, there was a mound of gravel-stones about 3 feet high. It was spread parallel to the bogie for a long distance. The FSL officials, standing on the mound, threw water on the windows of the bogie, of which only about 10 to 15 per cent entered the bogie. The rest fell on the outside. Since, a major portion of the inflammable liquid fell on the tracks and around it, it would have caused damage on the outside of the bogie and under it. The report says, "after inspecting the bogie and the tracks, it was found that there is no effect of fire below the windows. Taking this fact into account and the burning pattern on the outside of the bogie, the conclusion is that no inflammable liquid was thrown into the bogie from the outside". It further says, "it also does not look possible that inflammable liquid was thrown in from the doors of the bogie". As a next step, using a bucket, about 60 litres of water was thrown into the passage of the compartment from one side and then a large part of the bogie was covered. Water thrown like this went only in one direction, no part of it flowed outside from the open doors or in the direction of the latrine. "On the basis of this experimental observation, the conclusion is that standing in the passage of the compartment near seat number 72, using a container with a wide opening, about 60 litres of inflammable liquid has been poured and then immediately a fire has been started in the bogie," the report says. The FSL report further says that "it appears that three of the four doors of the compartment were open when it was burning while all the windows were shut. The pattern of burning (allegatoring pattern) shows that the intensity of the heat was four times more towards the eastern side (towards seat no. 72 of the bogies". [url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Articleshow.asp?art_id=14794899]Original Article Here[/url] |
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