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The Marad massacres were two incidences of religious violence that occurred in 2002 and 2003 at Marad Beach in Kerala, India. The 2002 incident led to five deaths; three Hindus and two Muslims were killed when scuffles that began as a trivial altercation over drinking water at a public tap became violent. Out of 393 people arrested, 62 were members of Indian Union Muslim League convicted for life imprisonment.
In the 2003 Marad massacre, eight Hindus were killed by Islamic extremists, one of whom, Mohammed Ashker, was hit by accident and was also killed. A judicial commission that investigated the incident concluded leaders of the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) were directly involved in both the conspiracy and the massacre. The commission said the 2003 incident was "a clear communal conspiracy, with Muslim fundamentalist organisations involved".[1] The commission could not find evidence to support the involvement of foreign organisations.[1] The attackers threw bombs with the intention of inflicting more deaths but the bombs did not explode.[2]
In 2009, the courts sentenced 62 Muslims to life imprisonment for committing the massacre – most of whom belonged to the IUML, the People's Democratic Party (PDP) and the National Development Front (NDL).
- ^ a b Marad report slams Muslim League The Indian Express, 27 September 2006
- ^ The Marad massacre Outlook (magazine), 6 June 2003
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