February 28, 2002
(Thursday)
- Gulbarg Society massacre : During the 2002 Gujarat riots, a mob attacked the Gulbarg Society, a lower middle-class Muslim neighbourhood in Chamanpura, Ahmedabad. Most of the houses were burnt, and at least 35 victims including a former Congress, Member of Parliament, Ehsan Jafri, were burnt alive, while 31 others went missing after the incident, later presumed dead, bringing the total of the dead to 69.[1][2][3]
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- ^ "Safehouse Of Horrors". Tehelka. 2007-11-03. Archived from the original on 2009-04-29. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
- ^ "Apex court SIT submits report on Gulbarg Society massacre". The Hindustan Times. May 14, 2010. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved May 31, 2015.