Prime Minister Narendra Modi recalled Gujarat’s Godhra incident while addressing the Vibrant Gujarat Summit 2023. He shared that Gujarat was burning due to the violence and nobody expected that situation. Furthermore, he added that as the Chief Minister of Gujarat, he had not enough experience to deal with the situation but he had faith in the people of Gujarat.
27 September,2023 05:57 PM IST | MumbaiA special Court in Gujarat has found 31 people guilty of setting fire to a passenger train in Godhra in 2002.
23 February,2011 12:06 PM IST
A massive fire broke out in a steel company in Godhra district of Gujarat gutting scrap worth Rs. 3.50 crores. The fire was caused by a short circuit. The massive inferno also took three stationary truck loaded with scrap in its gambit.
28 September,2015 08:53 AM IST
The Gujarat High Court (HC) on Monday commuted death sentence of 11 convicts into life imprisonment in connection to the infamous 2002 Godhra riots case. In its ruling, the High Court also said that there was lapse on part of the Gujarat Government and Indian Railways authorities. In 2002, riots were triggered after over 50 people lost their lives when the S-6 coach of Sabarmati Express was torched at the Godhra Railway Station. In 2011, a Special Investigation Team had convicted 31 people under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections related to murder, attempt to murder and criminal conspiracy. It had acquitted 63. Out of these 31, 11 people were sentenced to death while remaining 20 were sentenced to life imprisonment
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