Amid growing demand for justice to the victims of the 1987 Hashimpura massacre, the Uttar Pradesh Minorities Commission will soon be writing to Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav to order re-investigation into the entire case so that the guilty could be punished.
“We will write to the State Government to take steps ensuring justice to the victims of Hashimpura massacre...The government should probe the matter from the beginning. We will also ask the State Government to move the High Court against the judgement,” Commission’s spokesperson Shafi Azmi said.
Stating that the acquittal of the 16 accused Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) personal has come as a huge setback, he said the Commission would ensure that all those who were behind the massacre and also those who were responsible for faulty probe that led to the acquittal get punished. Notably, last week a Delhi court acquitted the 16 PAC personnel who were accused of killing 42 Muslims, all residents of Hashimpura in Meerut.
