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Charge sheet filed against 66 accused for Godhra mayhem

Nearly three months after the Godhra carnage, railway police has filed charge sheets against 66 accused.

Police sources said on Thursday that the 500-page charge sheet was filed on Wednesday in the court of first class railway magistrate P K Joshi.

The FIR had alleged that a 1540-strong minority mob attacked the Sabarmati Express in Signal Falia area on February 27, minutes after the delayed train left the Godhra station.

Fifty-eight people, mostly karsewaks returning from Ayodhya were killed.

The incident precipitated large-scale violence with hundreds of minority people killed and thousands rendered homeless in Ahmedabad and other parts of north Gujarat.

The chargesheeted include prime accused Haji Bilal, a municipal corporator. Bilal along with president of Godhra municipality Mohammed Hussain Kalota was arrested in March.

Others arrested include corporator Abdul Razak and Shiraj Abdul Jamesha.

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