Tag: Godhra train burning

Protracted agony

While their Lordships cautioned against living in the past, it is also vital not to forget how a pregnant Bilkis was gang-raped, saw a daughter’s head being smashed, several members of her family, slaughtered and she was left for dead and only some tribal folk provided her succour.

April 25, 2019

Railway coach set on fire to enact Godhra train incident for documentary on PM Modi

The Godhra train burning scene was shot at Western Railway's Pratapnagar station and a set was built for it near the Coach Care Centre there.

March 4, 2019

Godhra train burning: Accused held after 16 years

On the run for the last 16 years, an accused in the 2002 Godhra train carnage was on Tuesday arrested by the Gujarat Police, an official said. Yakub Pataliya (63) was arrested from Godhra by a team of B Division police in the town after they received a tip-off that he was spotted in a …

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January 30, 2018

Godhra train burning not ‘terrorism’, says Gujarat HC

The Gujarat High Court has ruled that the burning of a train coach at Godhra in Gujarat in 2002 which killed 59 persons was neither “terrorism” nor an “act of waging war” against the state. The court on Monday commuted the death sentence on 11 convicts in the burning of the Sabarmati Express coach but …

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October 11, 2017