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`Core team` member of Godhra train carnage identified
Vadodara, Feb 21: Identification parade of Zabir bin Yamin Behra, member of the `core team` that allegedly executed the Godhra train carnage, was held amidst tight security here today.
Vadodara, Feb 21: Identification parade of Zabir bin Yamin Behra, member of the 'core team' that allegedly executed the Godhra train carnage, was held amidst tight security here today.
Behra, charged under Pota, was produced before the railways magistrate and was identified by 12 witnesses.
The Panchmahal district sessions court is empowered to hear cases even after Gujarat government invoked Pota against 121 persons accused of hatching a conspiracy in the Godhra train carnage two days ago.
Legal sources said that the district sessions court could hear the cases till a special Pota court is set up apart from the appointment of a special public prosecutor, while J M Panchal, the public prosecutor, has been arguing the case.
Behra's confession before the first class mobile court magistrate led the Godhra railway police to arrest 'mastermind' of the carnage, Maulvi Hussain Umarji, a top cleric of the communally sensitive town.
Behra, charged under Pota, was produced before the railways magistrate and was identified by 12 witnesses.
The Panchmahal district sessions court is empowered to hear cases even after Gujarat government invoked Pota against 121 persons accused of hatching a conspiracy in the Godhra train carnage two days ago.
Legal sources said that the district sessions court could hear the cases till a special Pota court is set up apart from the appointment of a special public prosecutor, while J M Panchal, the public prosecutor, has been arguing the case.
Behra's confession before the first class mobile court magistrate led the Godhra railway police to arrest 'mastermind' of the carnage, Maulvi Hussain Umarji, a top cleric of the communally sensitive town.
Bureau Report