Marad killings: Five years on, 63 found guilty

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Marad_killings_Five_years_on_63_found_guilty/articleshow/3900654.cms

Some interesting snippets from the article -

"The case relates to the murder of eight Hindu fishermen by an armed mob at Marad beach on the night of May 2, 2003. One of the assailants was also killed during the attack."

"This assumes significance given that a one-man judicial commission under District Judge Thomas P Joseph, which probed the incident, had hinted at a foreign angle to it and raised fingers at the role of some Muslim League leaders."

"The commission's report was hard hitting and blamed some bureaucrats and politicians for their alleged role in the communal frenzy. In particular it pointed to the role of the then district collector T O Sooraj. He had taken control of the Marad Juma Masjid soon after the clashes following information that some of the accused had fled into it.

But then he allowed Muslim League MP E Ahmed, who is currently Union MoS for external affairs to enter the mosque. Later police recovered a huge cache of arms from the place of worship."

And the current PM asks people to eschew vote bank politics. This is the pot calling the kettle black!