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Life terms for 31 in Gujarat's 2002 Sardarpura
massacre
Wednesday November 09, 2011 09:30:59 PM,
IANS
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Ahmedabad:
A special trial court in Mehsana Wednesday convicted and sentenced
to life 31 of the 73 people accused in the Sardarpura riot case in
Gujarat in which 33 people were burnt alive on March 1, 2002,
during the communal riots.
The court, which conducted the trial in last two years, acquitted
42 of accused.
The accused were charged for murder, attempt to murder, looting,
rioting and other charges.
Of the 42 acquitted, 11 were freed due to lack of evidence. The
remaining 31 were given the benefit of doubt and asked to submit a
bond of Rs.25,000 each and ordered not to leave the country
without permission.
The trial was monitored by the Supreme Court, which sought reports
of the progress of these cases regularly. It was probed by the
Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT).
According to the complainant Sheikh Ibrahim Rghubhai a mob of
1,000 people had attacked a Muslim locality in Sardarpura, a small
village near Mehsanad. The people had gathered in a tiny room
owned by Sheikh Mehmudmiya Hussainmiya which was set on fire.
Twenty-eight bodies were recovered from the room while five died
during treatment.
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