Contrast the farce that the investigations into the 1983 Nellie riots and the 1984 anti-Sikh pogrom were reduced to, with the thorough investigation that Narendra Modi faced in the cases pertaining to the 2002 Gujarat riots. Not only did the Special Investigation Team (SIT) constituted by the Supreme Court fully exonerate Modi, the 541-page SIT closure report recorded that ‘Modi was busy with steps to control the situation, establishment of relief camps for riot victims and also with efforts to restore peace and normalcy’, completely contradicting the false narrative manufactured by denizens
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