WASHINGTON D.C., March 22, 2003: The Indian government has taken “much action” against those behind the Gujarat violence but it was not reflected due to the “agonizingly slow” legal system in the country, US Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia Christina Rocca has said. “There have been a number of arrests and prosecutions,” she said on Friday, responding to questions on the Gujarat violence during her testimony before a Subcommittee on Asia and Pacific. “The legal system in India is agonizingly slow and that gives the impression that nothing is happening. But the fact of the matter is that they did take action and they are continuing to take action,” she said. “This was a stain on their secular record. And no one is more concerned about it, I believe, than the Indians themselves.”
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