New Delhi: The Narendra Modi-led Gujarat government has been given the clean-chit in the 2002 Gujarat riots by the Nanavati Commission, which has mentioned that the post-Godhra train burning riots were not organised.
The commission’s report was tabled by Minister of State for Home Pradeepsinha Jadeja in the state Legislative Assembly here on Wednesday. It may be noted that the Commission had submitted the report to the then state government five-years-ago. The commission was appointed in 2002 by the then state chief minister Narendra Modi.
Retired Justices G T Nanavati and Akshay Mehta had, in 2014 submitted their final report on the 2002 riots to the then state chief minister Anandiben Patel.
Over 1,000 people, mainly of the minority community, were killed in the riots, according to official estimates, but unofficial estimates had pegged the number much higher.
The riots had taken place after the burning of two coaches of the Sabarmati Express train near Godhra railway station, in which 59 ‘karsevaks’ were killed.
