August 17, 2004
India court asks Gujarat to reopen 2,000 riot cases
NEW DELHI, Aug 17 (Reuters) - India's highest court on Tuesday asked the government of western Gujarat state to reopen about 2,000 cases related to deadly Hindu-Muslim riots, which were closed by police on grounds the suspects could not be found.
The order is a fresh blow to the Hindu nationalist state government, which was accused of not preventing the worst religious riots in a decade and of turning a blind eye to the killing of more than 1,000 people, mostly Muslims, by Hindu mobs.
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India court asks Gujarat to reopen 2,000 riot cases
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