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Perpetrators of racial riots will be punished: Indian PM NEW DELHI, Friday (AFP) Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee pledged to punish the perpetrators of anti-Muslim riots that killed some 2,000 people last year in the western state of Gujarat, which is ruled by his Hindu nationalist party. "There is no doubt that those perpetrating such violence should be punished," Vajpayee told the Financial Times of London in an interview published Friday. "Our public, media and judiciary are following it closely. Justice will not only seen to be done; it will be done," Vajpayee said. "The violence in Gujarat was a tragic aberration and we have condemned it unequivocally. It is important to remember that these tragic incidents remain localised - the secular fabric of India remains intact." Some 2,000 people, most of them Muslims, were killed in February and March 2002 in Gujarat. |
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