Ektaa Kapoor calls massacre of 59 Hindus in Godhra a ‘train fire incident’

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On Tuesday (February 27), Bollywood producer Ektaa Kapoor, the filmmakers and the lead actor shared the puzzle of his upcoming film titled ‘The Sabarmati Report’, 22 years after the horrific Godhra massacre, on the same day. However, in his X post, Ektaa Kapoor referred to the massacre of 59 innocent Hindus as a “train burning incident”.

Addressing X, he wrote: “Paying tributes to the 59 innocent people who lost their lives in the Godhra train burning incident 22 years ago, today. Presenting ‘The Sabarmati Report’, in theaters on May 3, 2024.”

Incidentally, the film crew shared the same caption, drawing criticism for calling the incident “a hot incident.” Soon after she shared the post, it sparked intense criticism as people criticized the Bollywood producer for watering down the horrific Godhra massacre in which 59 innocent Hindu devotees, including women and children, were burnt alive in a cold-blooded massacre. by Islamists.

Reacting to her post, an X user asked: “What the fuck do you mean by ‘the train burning incident’? Oh, you mean the train that burned itself? Tell it like it is if you have guts.”

Journalist Nirwa Mehta wrote: “It was not a ‘train fire incident’. It was burnt down by a mutinous Muslim mob to specifically kill karsevaks returning from Ayodhya. Have so much honesty.”

Meanwhile, based on the “train burning incident” reference, many users also feared that the film could cover up the cowardly act of the Islamist mafia that set fire to the train, killing 59 Hindus.

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Meanwhile, in the teaser, Vikrant Messy is seen playing the role of a journalist named Shravan Kumar. In the opening sequence, Kumar is seen in a television studio breaking the news of the Godhra incident. However, when he begins to read off the teleprompter that describes the incident as an accident, Kumar stumbles before firmly stating that it was not an accident.

The film will release on May 3 this year and will feature Vikrant Massey and Rashi Khanna in the lead roles.

Godhra massacre

The horrific incident took place on February 27, 2002, in which 59 innocent Hindu pilgrims were killed when Islamic jihadists set fire to coach S6 of Sabarmati Express near Godhra railway station in Gujarat. This incident is known as the Godhra massacre.

On that day, the Sabarmati Express was scheduled to reach Godhra station around 3:30 am. That day the train arrived four hours late. As such, he reached Godhra at 7:40 am. Eight minutes later, a mob of 2,000 Islamists set fire to 59 Hindus, including 25 women and 15 children, in carriage S6 of the train in the predominantly Muslim area of ​​Godhra, Signal Falia.

31 Islamists were pleaded guilty of the Godhra massacre on February 22, 2011, by the trial court (only 11 received the death penalty and 20 received life imprisonment), and all 31 convictions were confirmed by the Gujarat High Court in October 2017, which resulted in all of them receiving a life sentence. Before that, based on the testimony From witnesses and survivors it was established that it was not an accident, but that the Islamists had set fire to the train. For years, leftists and Islamist apologists waged an elaborate campaign to shift blame to the Muslim mafia and cover up, and sometimes even justify, the cold-blooded massacre.

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