2002 GUJRAT RIOTS: HC Notice To Maya Kodnani, Patel

2002 GUJRAT RIOTS: HC Notice To Maya Kodnani, Patel Dated : 24 Feb 2009, 1421 hrs IST, Source : PTI AHMEDABAD: Text: AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday issued notices to state minister Maya Kodnani on an application filed by the Supreme Court appointed Special Investigation Team for cancellation of her anticipatory bail in the 2002 Naroda Patia riot case. ( Watch ) Admitting the petition, Justice D H Waghela, who also issued notice to VHP leader Jaideep Patel in the same case, posted the matter on March two for further hearing. Minister for higher education Kodnani and VHP leader Patel are accused of inciting the mob which killed 95 people in the 2002 post-Godhra riots. Kodnani is accused in Naroda Patiya and Naorda Gam case, while Patel is accused in the Naroda Gam case. During the hearing, Special Public Prosecutor in the case J K Panchal submitted before the court that in Naorda Patiya case, 95 people were killed, 38 injured and three are missing after the riot broke out in the area on February 28, 2002. He further submitted that in Naroda Gam case, 11 people were killed and nine injured during the post-Godhra riots. An affidavit filed by the Supreme Court appointed SIT in the case said, "she (Kodnani) was the leader of mob and was a MLA and allegations against her is she was instigating the mob to commit crime and, therefore, she was playing the main role." "From one of the statement of witnesses it has been revealed that she had fired from her pistol....and that she had come to the spot in a car with other persons and had distributed swords among the mob," it further said.

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