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Marad massacre was planned before first riot: CB
The conspiracy and acquisition of weapons for the 2003 carnage at Marad near Kozhikode in which eight Hindus were massacred had taken place even before the first riot there in January, 2002 in which five persons were killed, according to the special investigation team of the Crime Branch, Kerala Police.
The examination of the swords used in the massacre of 2003 had revealed that these were made before 2002. This among other factors led probe team head CM Pradeep Kumar, Superintendent of Police, to conclude that there had been detailed planning and conspiracy behind the massacre. The Government had recently transferred the SP to the State Human Rights Commission.
Eight Hindus and one Muslim were killed on May 2, 2003 in a nightly attack in Marad fishing village in Kozhikode district. This massacre, which came to be known as Marad 2, was later interpreted as a reaction to the riot that took place in the coastal village in January, 2002 in which five people were killed.
The finding that money worth several crores of rupees had changed hands before the massacre also suggested that there had been detailed planning behind the incident. The Crime Branch probe team, looking into the conspiracy behind the incident, had also found corrections in the register of the lodge where the conspiracy was said to have been hatched.
The investigators had learned that the police team that had first enquired into the massacre had taken the lodge register into custody and that the corrections were made in it while it was in the police custody. The Crime Branch team concluded that the register that was presented in the court had contained the corrections.
There were reports that several prominent personalities had taken part in the conspiracy held in the lodge and the new findings suggested that they were powerful enough to carry out corrections in the register when it was in the custody of the police. The FIR the Crime Branch team had registered had contained the names of two senior Muslim League leaders.
The Crime Branch’s FIR, registered on September 25, 2010, had named Muslim League’s State secretary MC Mayin Haji and PP Moideen Koya, its secretary for Beypore area which included Marad, as suspects in crimes that came under Sections 302 (homicide), 120b (criminal conspiracy) and 109 (incitement for violence) of the IPC.
Meanwhile, reports from Thiruvananthapuram indicated that the Congress-led UDF Government, in which the Muslim League is a partner, is unlikely to ask the Centre for a CBI probe into the conspiracy behind the massacre as recommended by the judicial commission that looked into the incident and demanded by various political and social outfits.
A report said that the Government file pertaining to the demand for a CBI probe had come before Chief Minister Oommen Chandy recently but he did not take the initiative to suggest any action on it. The Chief Minister just noted on it that he had seen it and sent it back to the Home Department, the report said.
At the same time, former Home minister and CPI(M) Politbureau member Kodiyeri Balakrishnan on Wednesday said that the Muslim League had always been against the CBI probing the Marad massacre. He said the Centre was not instituting a CBI probe into the massacre because of the presence of Muslim League leader E Ahmed in the Union Cabinet.
The conspiracy and acquisition of weapons for the 2003 carnage at Marad near Kozhikode in which eight Hindus were massacred had taken place even before the first riot there in January, 2002 in which five persons were killed, according to the special investigation team of the Crime Branch, Kerala Police.
The examination of the swords used in the massacre of 2003 had revealed that these were made before 2002. This among other factors led probe team head CM Pradeep Kumar, Superintendent of Police, to conclude that there had been detailed planning and conspiracy behind the massacre. The Government had recently transferred the SP to the State Human Rights Commission.
Eight Hindus and one Muslim were killed on May 2, 2003 in a nightly attack in Marad fishing village in Kozhikode district. This massacre, which came to be known as Marad 2, was later interpreted as a reaction to the riot that took place in the coastal village in January, 2002 in which five people were killed.
The finding that money worth several crores of rupees had changed hands before the massacre also suggested that there had been detailed planning behind the incident. The Crime Branch probe team, looking into the conspiracy behind the incident, had also found corrections in the register of the lodge where the conspiracy was said to have been hatched.
The investigators had learned that the police team that had first enquired into the massacre had taken the lodge register into custody and that the corrections were made in it while it was in the police custody. The Crime Branch team concluded that the register that was presented in the court had contained the corrections.
There were reports that several prominent personalities had taken part in the conspiracy held in the lodge and the new findings suggested that they were powerful enough to carry out corrections in the register when it was in the custody of the police. The FIR the Crime Branch team had registered had contained the names of two senior Muslim League leaders.
The Crime Branch’s FIR, registered on September 25, 2010, had named Muslim League’s State secretary MC Mayin Haji and PP Moideen Koya, its secretary for Beypore area which included Marad, as suspects in crimes that came under Sections 302 (homicide), 120b (criminal conspiracy) and 109 (incitement for violence) of the IPC.
Meanwhile, reports from Thiruvananthapuram indicated that the Congress-led UDF Government, in which the Muslim League is a partner, is unlikely to ask the Centre for a CBI probe into the conspiracy behind the massacre as recommended by the judicial commission that looked into the incident and demanded by various political and social outfits.
A report said that the Government file pertaining to the demand for a CBI probe had come before Chief Minister Oommen Chandy recently but he did not take the initiative to suggest any action on it. The Chief Minister just noted on it that he had seen it and sent it back to the Home Department, the report said.
At the same time, former Home minister and CPI(M) Politbureau member Kodiyeri Balakrishnan on Wednesday said that the Muslim League had always been against the CBI probing the Marad massacre. He said the Centre was not instituting a CBI probe into the massacre because of the presence of Muslim League leader E Ahmed in the Union Cabinet.
