Naroda Gam riot case: SIT to challenge acquittals

Updated On: 25 April, 2023 01:43 AM IST | Ahmedabad | Agencies

The massacre at Naroda Gam was one of the nine major 2002 communal riots cases investigated by the SC-appointed SIT and heard by special courts. The SIT took over the probe from Gujarat Police in 2008 and arrested more than 30 persons

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Ex- Gujarat minister Maya Kodnani was also acquitted. Pic/PTI

The Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) will challenge before the Gujarat High Court the recent acquittal of all 67 accused in the 2002 Naroda Gam riot case by a special court, sources said.

The Ahmedabad court of S K Baxi, special judge for Special Investigation Team cases, on April 20 acquitted all 67 accused, including former Gujarat minister Maya Kodnani and ex-Bajrang Dal leader Babu Bajrangi, more than two decades after 11 Muslims were killed during post-Godhra riots in Ahmedabad’s Naroda Gam.