14 years after Gujarat riots, Parsi couple still remain defiant in finding their missing child

Rupa and Dara Modi a Parsi couple living in Gulberg Society lost their child Azhar during the 2002 post Godhra riots.

Azhar, who was 14 years old at the time have not been found since the day of the massacre and is now presumed to be dead under the law.

But for his parents, the quest for their son is still on. Their undying hopes and efforts became the inspiration for the award winning Hindi film ‘Parzania’.

“Whenever I receive a call from an unknown number, I believe somebody might have called me to tell me about my son. In the ‘Parzania’ movie and on missing boy posters, they gave this number, so people used to call me, telling me that they saw some boy who might be my son. This raises hope,” Rupa Modi said.

Recently, she had well-wishers informing her from Kerala and Delhi about spotting people who resemble her son. “Our search continues to this day, and will continue forever until we find him,” she said.

On Thursday, 24 persons were convicted in the Gulberg Society tragedy, in which 69 persons including former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri was killed by a mob.

Published on Indian Express