Ahmedabad: A court in Ahmedabad on Tuesday directed the Special Investigation Team (SIT) appointed by the Supreme Court to give a copy of its final report on the 2002 Gulbarg society massacre to the petitioner Zakia Jafri.


The Ahmedabad court of Metropolitan Magistrate MS Bhatt ruled that Zakia Jafri, who is the wife of slain Congress MP Ehsaan Jafri should be given the copy of the SIT report within 30 days.


Ehsaan Jafri was among the 69 people, who were killed in the riots on 28 February, 2002 at the Gulbarg Housing Society in Ahmedabad.


In a petition, Zakia has accused over 62 people including Chief Minister Narendra Modi of being involved in the post-Godhra riots, which had taken place following the burning of the S6 coach of Sabarmati Express train near Godhra railway station in 2002.  


She alleged Modi of not taking any action to stop the riots. The SIT report, which has given a clean chit to Modi, will be handed over to Zakia in 30 days.


Besides Zakia, petitions were filed by Teesta Setalvad-led Citizens for Justice and Peace and lawyer Mukul Sinha seeking the copies of the SIT report on the Gulbarg case. They alleged that the SIT had not filed the complete report in the case.

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