WOMEN ASSAULTED IN GODHRA

Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP), has alleged police atrocities on women belonging to a particular community in Gujarat’s Godhra town. The Godhra Judicial Magistrate has asked senior police officers to inquire into the allegation and report to the Court.  Teesta Setalvad, Secretary of the Mumbai-based voluntary organisation, produced some of the women who were subjected to atrocities at home and later in police custody when they were arrested on charges of rioting and stone throwing. Ms. Setalvad claimed that the police picked up only women and subjected them to sexual abuse and physical torture. They even snatched a 19-day-old baby from her mother’s lap and tossed her to the ground, she said. Later, eight women were arrested on charges of rioting and throwing stones at the police. They were taken to the Godhra sub-jail. Even in the police van, the women were sexually harassed, she alleged.