Marad massacre

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The Marad massacre primarily refers to the 2003 murders of eight (8) Hindu fishermen by Islamic extremists, one of whom was also killed in the affray. 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 decided 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 convicted and sentenced 62 Muslim defendants to life imprisonment for committing the massacre.^{[citation needed]}