ASSAULT VICTIMS SEEK SUO MOTU ACTION AGAINST GUILTY

A group of Muslim women from Godhra has written to the Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court, requesting him to initiate suo motu action on the alleged physical and sexual assault on them by the Godhra police personnel. The signatories include six Muslim women, who claimed to have been among the several beaten up and sexually assaulted by the B-division Godhra town police, who had raided their homes. All are residents of Geni Palot and Hathila Palot in Godhra. They said in their request: “We are terribly helpless and feel insecure in our locality despite being good citizens of India. Even at this moment, we live in our homes fearing attack by the police – without any legitimate reason. We request you to kindly initiate suo motu action so that those guilty of violating human and natural laws are punished at the earliest.”