"Prosecution Miserably Failed": Court Acquits 2002 Gujarat Mob Attack Accused
NDTV
The prosecution failed to prove the link of accused with the 2002 mob attack on Best Bakery during which 14 people were killed, the trial court held.
The prosecution failed to prove the link of accused Harshad Solanki and Mafat Gohil with the 2002 mob attack on Best Bakery in Vadodara during which 14 people were killed, the trial court in Mumbai has held while acquitting them.
Additional sessions judge MG Deshpande on Tuesday acquitted Mr Solanki and Mr Gohil of all charges. The detailed order became available on Wednesday.
No specific role was attributed to these two accused, the court said in the judgement.
On March 1, 2002, two days after 56 persons died in the Godhra train burning incident, a mob attacked Best Bakery in Vadodara city of Gujarat and killed 14 people, most of them Muslim, who had taken shelter inside.
