Communal riots targeting Muslims of India are not a new phenomenon but the latest massacre in Muzaffarnagar district of Indias West UP state has shown the ugly face of inhuman India. According to The Times of India, the brutality with which people were massacred has shaken even the doctors at Muzaffarnagar district hospital who performed the postmortem of victims. The tales told by the doctors are horrific: a woman dismembered into two parts, charred bodies whose sex could not be ascertained and a ten-year-old kid whose head was smashed.
A 12-member team of doctors has so far conducted postmortem of 53 victims. While 40 bodies were identified, 13 were beyond recognition. The team is doing autopsy of three to four corpses daily. The official toll climbed to 45 on Friday.
According to a senior doctor, a family of four was killed brutally in Phugana town of Shamli. A woman was cut into two pieces. Cops brought her torso and abdomen separately to the hospital. It seemed the rioters had axed her and damaged her face with multiple blows of the weapon. This shows that the victims were targeted by rioters with wreaking vengeance.
To add insult to injury, the opposition Bhartia Janta Party (BJP) has nominated Gujarat chief minister, Modi as their candidate for the prime minister in the next elections. Modi is known for authorizing Muslim massacre in his state in 2002. The US had rejected his visa application for his involvement in killing of Gujarat Muslims.
Secular India: Doctors tell horrific tales of Muzaffarnagar massacre