Ahmedabad: Almost a decade after 95 Muslims were killed in one of the worst 2002 Gujarat riots cases, 32 people have been convicted for involvement in the religious riots by a special court in Ahmedabad.
A court in has also acquitted 29 others in the case known as the Naroda Patiya massacre.
Among those convicted are former minister Maya Kodnani and Babu Bajrangi, a former leader of the militant Hindu group Bajrang Dal.
On February 28, 2002 during the bandh call given by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), a rioting mob had attacked Naroda Patiya, killing 95 Muslims.
More than 1,000 people, mostly Muslims, were killed when riots erupted after 60 Hindu pilgrims died in a train fire in 2002.
Muslims were blamed for starting the Godhra train fire but a 2005 federal government inquiry concluded that the fire had been an accident – probably started by people cooking in one of the carriages – and was not the result of an attack.
However, the cause of the fire is still a matter of fierce debate.
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