After 12 years since its appointment
and 25 extensions later, the Nanavati-Mehta Commission on Tuesday submitted its
final report on the 2002 Godhra Train Carnage case and subsequent communal
riots in parts of the state. The two member commission comprising of retired
Supreme Court judge, G T Nanavati, and retired Gujarat High Court judge Akshay
Mehta submitted the report to Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel at the
official residence of the CM.
In Godhra Train carnage case, 59
persons were burnt alive in S-6 coach of Sabarmati Express train near Godhra
Railway Station on February 27, 2002. On the other hand, the communal riots
that ensued in parts of Gujarat left 1,169 people dead.
The Commission has already given its
first report pertaining to the incident of burning the S-6 coach of Sabarmati
Express in which 59 Kar Sevaks were charred to death near Godhra Railway
Station on February 27, 2002. The Commission had called the incident as a
pre-planned conspiracy involving “some individuals”.
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