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Summary The special court in Ahmadabad sentenced to death the 11 accused in the Godhra train incident in 2002
The special court in the state of Gujarat sentenced to death 11 of the accused in the Godhra train incident of 2002 and sentenced life in prison to the other 20 accused.The court in a previous hearing summoned 94 accused, out of which 63 were acquitted and 31 were convicted. The 31 men were held guilty of murder, attempt to murder, dacoity, robbery and arson.In 2002 in the city of Godhra in Gujrat, a train cabin was set on fire leaving 59 people aboard dead. The people arrested in this case were mostly Muslims. The Godhra train burning sparked the worst riots since partition with at least 1,000 people being killed, mostly Muslims.
