Hashimpura massacre and PC’s role in it

Twenty five years ago this May, Uttar Pradesh PAC men murdered 42 poor Muslims from Hashimpura mohollah in Meerut in cold blood.  The culprits are still at large, and P Chidrambaram, who was then MoS Home Affairs, has got a lot to answer. During the early hours of May 22, 1987, trucks of the Uttar Pradesh Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) arrived in a mixed Hindu-Muslim Meerut mohalla named Hashimpura, populated by labourers and weavers. This mohalla was peaceful despite...

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