Muslim leaders' suggestions on Srikrishna Report considered:CM

MUMBAI: Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh on Saturday said the government would take into account the recommendations of Muslim community leaders before implementing the Srikrishna Report, which probed the communal riots of 1993 in the city.

"They have made some recommendations regarding the implementation of the Srikrishna report to us, which we will consider before deciding what action to take," Deshmukh told.

Deshmukh said a Special Task Force had carried out action on the basis of the Commission's recommendations and had submitted a report to the state.

Some leaders of the community had expressed their dissatisfaction about the action taken and had provided a set of suggestions to the government about it, he said.

A majority of the 100 persons convicted for their role in the 1993 serial blasts had said it was unfair that while they were being punished, the perpetrators of the communal riots in the city following the demolition of the Babri Masjid in 1992 had not been brought to book.

Many of the convicts had also sought lesser prison terms stating that the serial blasts on March 12, 1993, which killed 257 and injured over 700, were carried out to avenge crimes committed against Muslim community during the riots, since no action had been taken in the Srikrishna Commission report.