8 months later the DNA report comes in with only 6 matches. The story kind of ends there with the High Court not acting on any allegations of wrong doing but then the Supreme Court in Sept 2007 adds its twist by issuing a notice to Gujarat on a petition filed by Teesta Setalvad.
By the time we get to this petition the emphasis is no longer on a %u201Cmass grave%u201D nor %u201Cburial in a wasteland%u201D as alleged earlier but it is on %u201Ccallously dumping%u201D in a %u201C300 acre graveyard belonging to different Muslim sects%u201D while not performing %u201Cmandatory autopsy%u201D.
By framing the reportage on Lunawada with the use of the phrase %u201Cmass grave%u201D an impression was created by the media of state sponsored mass killing and a subsequent coverup. This was later on watered down to %u201Cimproper disposal of unclaimed bodies%u201D by the Administration without following due procedure.
But the damage was already done.
This episode is instructive of how the media agenda creates bias and manufactures myths. This bias and these myths are then perpetuated to eternity by media spin meisters masquerading as social scientists who are employed by the Government at the tax payer%u2019s expense. With NCERT Text Books that carry a one sided narrative of the events in Gujarat, young minds have already been biased even before the courts and history have sat in judgement of the Modi Administration.
