Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen

MIM chief Salahuddin Owaisi

   


Bhagalpur Riot : 1989

1989
22 Oct-23 Nov: 1070 people killed, 524 injured.
116 Muslims massacred in Logain village.
In 195 villages, 11,500 house first looted and then destroyed.
Officially 48,000 people made refugee.
600 powerlooms and 1700 handlooms burnt.
68 mosques destroyed
20 mazar razed.

142 FIRs registered (811 is also reported)
302 chargesheets filed

1283 number of accused.
52 cases dismissed

152 cases heard by lower courts
119 cases dismissed for want of judicially sustainable evidence.
33 cases accused sentenced by sessions and district courts.

2001
trial begins
24 people, CID recommends chargesheets against.
2 of these move to High Court, chargesheets dropped.
2 absconding
1 died
1 minor
18 final list of accused
4 more absconded
14 accused including an Assistant Sub-Inspector of Police.

2007
14 Hindus convicted for killings in Logain village.

[source Radiance, 1-7 July 2007]