The Rashtriya Secular Manch (RSM) is organising a lecture on “Gujarat pogrom — lessons for Police, Administration and Politicians” to be delivered by the former Gujarat State Additional Director-General of Police RB Sreekumar on February 27 in Mohaniya hall of the Gandhi Bhavan campus at 6 pm.
The RSM, like previous years is organising this lecture on the 12th anniversary of the Gujarat pogrom, which is said to be the worst communal riot in India after Independence.
Sreekumar is better known for the allegations he made against the Government of Gujarat and its Chief Minister Narendra Modi, whom he claimed prevented the police from carrying out their duties during 2002 Gujarat violence. He was awarded the Medal for Meritorious Service in 1990 and a Medal for Distinguished Service in 1998 by the Government of India.
Sreekumar became famous since 2002 for deposition of extensive evidence to judicial bodies, uncovering the diabolic role of communal forces in Gujarat, actively aided by the Gujarat State Government headed by Narendra Modi, in anti minority genocide. He retired from service on 28 February 2007. At present he is engaged in assisting the riot affected persons and NGOs in getting proper justice delivered to riot victims. His efforts to marshal evidence against planners and perpetrators of 2002 anti-minority carnage through the witnesses has so far resulted in conviction of 116 rioters with life imprisonment. This is an unprecedented achievement in the history of anti-minority criminal cases since 1947.