Meerut: All the convicts of Hashimpura massacre of 1987 have been sentenced to death. The high court pronounced its verdict on Wednesday. 42 people were killed in the incident while 5 survived the brutality. They were eyewitness to the incident. The family of the victims and the eyewitnesses have been demanding justice for long.
Eyewitness Zulfiqar said he was glad to hear about the judgment but he would have been happier if they were sentenced to death. He said at least the court declared them guilty.
Another eye-witness Babuddin said he was 17 when the incident occurred. He narrated, on May 22, 1987 police knocked on the doors. They asked all the men to go out. Some 100-200 people had already been arrested from the mohalla were sitting in a queue there. They took us at Hapur Road, near Shakir Gate where 500-600 people were already present. They carried the youths in batches to jail. Children and elderly were put in a truck. They were taken to Gangnahar in Muradnagar. The PAC personnel then got down of the truck and started firing inside the truck. They threw the bodies in the Gangnahar. The remaining they took to Hindon River and repeated the same method of killing dragging out people one by one, shooting them and throwing the body in the Hindon. Luckily Babuddin survived and swam towards the bank and saw everything from there.