Ahmedabad, May 19: The Pota court here today granted two days' temporary bail for the first time to Maulvi Hussain Umarji, the prime conspirator in Godhra train carnage, to attend the wedding of two of his daughters later this month. Granting the temporary bail for two days on May 28 and May 30, Pota judge Sonia Gokani instructed Umarji to be kept in safe custody on May 29 at a Vadodara sub-jail amidst tight security.
Umarji had applied for temporary bail for a period of one week to attend the wedding of two of his daughters in Godhra town.
This is the first time that the Pota court granted him bail as his previous applications, both regular and temporary,have been dismissed both by the court as well as the Supreme Court.
The Godhra-based cleric was arrested by the special investigating team (SIT) of the railway police in February last year and he has been in judicial custody since then.
Umarji allegedly had hatched the conspiracy to attack the Sabarmati Express, along with other accused, who were part of the `core group' that executed the act and also instigated mobs to torch the S-6 coach.
Fifty-eight Kar Sevaks were burnt alive inside the S-6 coach on February 27, 2002 triggering the worst ever communal riots in Gujarat.
Bureau Report