After 9 years of delay in resolving the Sabarmati train burning case,finally today the verdict for Godhara Kand was given today by special court inside the Sabarmati jail in Ahmedabad.
In this first verdict, 31 persons were convicted out of total 95 persons who have been accused for the burning of S6 coach of Sabarmati Express on Feb 27 2002.
Sessions judge P R Patel, gave the verdict about this incident which triggered riots in Gujarat resulting in death of more than 1200 people.
This case was surrounded with lot of controversy and finally under the direct supervision of Supreme court a special team headed by ex-CBI director RK Raghavan was made.
