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Eight held for killing 12 people in Amraiwadi riots

At least eight people have been arrested so far in connection with three cases of rioting in Amraiwadi area of Ahmedabad, which claimed 12 lives in the aftermath of Godhra train carnage in Gujarat.

The police on Monday said that the accused were booked for murder, arson and rioting, and added that six people were sent to Sabarmati central jail, while two others were remanded to police custody.

Four persons were arrested for the burning of a Tata Sumo in which at least nine occupants were charred to death at Jasodanagar, while the remaining two are accused of setting ablaze an orange-laden truck near Palvi Tower, killing two in the process.

The other two held in police custody are accused of killing an autorickshaw driver at Jashodanagar in Amaraiwadi police station limits.

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