Maulvi Umarji

A special court in Ahmedabad is expected to deliver today the quantum of punishment against the 31 convicted for their role in the Godhra train burning case.The court had, on Tuesday, upheld conspiracy charges against them under Section 302 and 120 B of the Indian Penal Code and acquitted 63, including the key accused, Maulvi Umarji. (Read: Key acc...

After nine years spent in jail, 49 men were freed on Tuesday. They left the Sabarmati Jail in Ahmedabad in a bus to return to families who had given up hope of ever receiving justice.Earlier today, 63 people were acquitted and 31 convicted for their role in 2002, when a compartment of the Sabarmati Express was set on fire at the Godhra train statio...

Among the 63 people acquitted in the Godhra verdict today is Maulvi Umarji.He was one of the key accused in the attack on the Sabarmati Express in February 2002 when 59 people died after a mob set a coach of the train on fire at the Godhra station near Ahmedabad. The compartment was packed with kar sevaks returning from Ayodhya.  A team...

A special court in Ahmedabad is expected to deliver today the quantum of punishment against the 31 convicted for their role in the Godhra train burning case.The court had, on Tuesday, upheld conspiracy charges against them under Section 302 and 120 B of the Indian Penal Code and acquitted 63, including the key accused, Maulvi Umarji. (Read: Key acc...

After nine years spent in jail, 49 men were freed on Tuesday. They left the Sabarmati Jail in Ahmedabad in a bus to return to families who had given up hope of ever receiving justice.Earlier today, 63 people were acquitted and 31 convicted for their role in 2002, when a compartment of the Sabarmati Express was set on fire at the Godhra train statio...

Among the 63 people acquitted in the Godhra verdict today is Maulvi Umarji.He was one of the key accused in the attack on the Sabarmati Express in February 2002 when 59 people died after a mob set a coach of the train on fire at the Godhra station near Ahmedabad. The compartment was packed with kar sevaks returning from Ayodhya.  A team...