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The court docket of Further Classes Decide Harsh Trivedi acquitted all of the 22 accused, eight of whom died through the pendency of the case, defence lawyer Gopalsinh Solanki mentioned.
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Communal riots had damaged out in several components of the state a day after a bogie of the Sabarmati Categorical was torched by a mob close to Godhra city in Panchmahal district on February 27, 2002, killing 59 passengers, most of them ‘karsevaks’ coming back from Ayodhya
A court docket at Halol city in Gujarat’s Panchmahal district on Tuesday acquitted 22 individuals, accused of killing 17 members of a minority group, together with two kids, for need of proof in a case stemming from the 2002 post-Godhra communal riots within the state.
The court docket of Further Classes Decide Harsh Trivedi acquitted all of the 22 accused, eight of whom died through the pendency of the case, defence lawyer Gopalsinh Solanki mentioned.
“The court docket acquitted all of the accused within the case of rioting and homicide of 17 members of a minority group, together with two kids, in Delol village of the district for need of proof, Solanki mentioned.
In keeping with the prosecution, the victims had been killed on February 28, 2002, and their our bodies burnt with an intention to destroy proof.
Communal riots had damaged out in several components of the state a day after a bogie of the Sabarmati Categorical was torched by a mob close to Godhra city in Panchmahal district on February 27, 2002, killing 59 passengers, most of them ‘karsevaks’ coming back from Ayodhya.
An FIR (first info report) was lodged below Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections pertaining to homicide and rioting after the violence in Delol village. One other police inspector lodged a case afresh almost two years after the incident and arrested 22 individuals for his or her alleged involvement within the riots.
The prosecution was unable to collect sufficient proof towards the accused individuals, and even witnesses turned hostile, Solanki mentioned.
The defence lawyer mentioned the our bodies of the victims had been by no means discovered.
Police recovered bones from an remoted place on the banks of a river, however they had been charred to such an extent that the id of the victims couldn’t be established, he mentioned.
“Due to lack of proof, the court docket acquitted all of the 22 accused, eight of whom died through the trial,” he mentioned.
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