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The Long Trial of Hashimpura and Maliana (1987 till ) On May 22, 1987 Hashimpura was Surrounded by the PAC and the Army’
The Allahabad High Court directed the Uttar Pradesh government on April 19 to file a counter-affidavit in reply to a writ petition (PIL) seeking re-investigation into the alleged killing of 72 Muslims in Meerut’s Maliana village by the UP Provincial Armed Constabulary on May 23, 1987 and into other custodial killings during the 1987 Meerut riots.
The trial in the Maliana case has been going on in a Meerut session court for the last 34 years. According to the petitioners, key documents in the case, including the FIR have gone missing. Over 800 hearing dates have been given since proceedings began. The last hearing took place four years ago.
May 1987: Hashimpura Massacre, the Long Road to Justice, and a Poet s Lament
On May 22, 1987, 42 Muslim men were were rounded up from the Hashimpura locality in Meerut by UP Provincial Armed Constabulary for their cold-blooded execution.
Hashimpura, 1987. Credit: Praveen Jain
mushaira on YouTube where preeminent Urdu poet Bashir Badr recited a rather mournful
sher
 tum taras nahi khaate bastiyan jalane mein
(It takes a lifetime to build a house
yet you remorselessly raze colonies to the ground)
Badr didnât reveal the context of his
sher and I took it as an incisive take on the unfortunate but all too common phenomenon of communal riots in the country. However, I inadvertently came across the context of his