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The special court of Ahmedabad will pronounce the verdict.
The special court in Ahmedabad will pronounce its verdict today in the Naroda Gam case following the 2002 Gujarat riots. In this case, former BJP MLA Maya Kodnani and several right-wing leaders are accused of involvement in the murder of 11 members of the minority community.
These 11 people were killed on 28 February 2002 in communal violence at Naroda Gam in Ahmedabad during the Gujarat riots. In 2002, a ‘bandh’ was called in Naroda village to protest against the Godhra train burning. During this time violence had spread here.
During this, 11 people were murdered. In this case, along with Kodnani, there are many important accused like former Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Jaideep Patel. In this case, 86 people were made accused, out of which 18 people have died.
Riot in Naroda on 28 February
A bandh was announced in Naroda village on the next day of Godhra incident i.e. on 28 February. Meanwhile, at around 9 in the morning, a crowd of people started closing the market. Meanwhile, violence started taking place from the crowd itself. The people in the crowd started pelting stones. After this arson, sabotage started and during this time 11 people were killed. Death has happened.
After this, riots had spread in Naroda Patiya village as well. Massacres took place here too. 97 people had died in these two areas. After this massacre, riots spread all over Gujarat. In this case, the SIT had named the then BJP MLA Maya Kodnani as the main accused. Maya Kodnani has also been a former minister in the state government.
The then BJP MLA Maya Kodnani and Bajrang Dal leader Babu Bajrangi.
Kodnani was a minister in Gujarat’s Modi government
The trial in the Naroda Patiya massacre case began in 2009. So far 187 people have been questioned in this case, while statements of 57 eyewitnesses have been recorded. Maya Kodnani was a minister in the Modi government of Gujarat during the riots.
Amit Shah has appeared as a defense witness for Maya Kodnani
The hearing in this case is going on for 13 years. In September 2017, Amit Shah appeared as a witness for the defense of Maya Kodnani. Amit Shah had told the court that Kodnani had appealed to the court to summon her to prove that she was not present in Naroda at the time of the massacre, she was in the Gujarat Assembly at that time and then in the Sola Civil Hospital. .
After the Naroda Patiya massacre, riots spread all over Gujarat.
Maya Kodnani claims – He was in the assembly during the riots
Maya Kodnani was with him in the Gujarat Assembly in the morning. Whereas, in the afternoon, she had reached the civil hospital to see the dead bodies of the kar sevaks killed in the Godhra train carnage. While some eyewitnesses have testified in the court that Kodnani was present in Naroda during the riots and she instigated the mob.
59 killed in Godhra incident, 1000 killed in riots that followed
In 2002, a tragic incident took place at Godhra station in Gujarat. The Sabarmati Express had just left Godhra station to go to Ahmedabad when someone stopped the train by pulling the chain and then pelted stones. Later the S-6 compartment of the train was set on fire. 59 pilgrims returning from Ayodhya had died in the train.
More than a thousand people were killed in the post-Godhra riots, of which 790 were Muslims and 254 were Hindus. On February 28, a day after the Godhra carnage, 69 people were killed by an unruly mob in Gulberg Housing Society, Ahmedabad. These riots worsened the situation in the state to such an extent that the army had to be deployed on the third day to control the situation.