Godhra Cases Report To Be Submitted Within Deadline: SIT

Godhra Cases Report To Be Submitted Within Deadline: SIT 21 Jan 2009, 1317 hrs IST, PTI GANDHINAGAR: The Special Investigation Team re-investigating nine post-Godhra riot cases will submit its report to the Supreme Court before the February 15 deadline, SIT chairman has said. The SIT chief, former CBI chief R K Ragahavan had long deliberations with the investigating officers of the nine cases yesterday to assess the progress made so far. He later told reporters that the final report in the cases would be submitted to the apex court by February 15. The SIT was constituted by the Supreme Court in March 2008, for reinvestigation of the Godhra train burning case and some post-Godhra riot cases of 2002. The SIT is taking a re-look at the role of several prominent BJP and VHP leaders named by witnesses including the state Minister for Women and Child Development Maya Kodnani of the BJP and former VHP leader Jaydeep Patel. SIT had recorded the statement of these two persons in the last week of December 2008. Both Patel and Kodnani were summoned as many witnesses had named them in their statements in the Naroda Gam riot case as per the initial charge sheet filed in the case in 2002. The SIT has filed a 300-page supplementary charge sheet against 24 people in the Naroda Gam case, where 11 people belonging to the minority community were killed by a mob during the riots. The five-member SIT, formed by the Supreme Court, is headed by R Raghavan, and includes ex-DG of Uttar Pradesh C D Satpathy, three IPS officers from Gujarat -- Geetha Johri, Shivanad Jha and Ashish Bhatia

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