Ahmedabad, Nov 07: The two-member commission probing the post-Godhra violence today completed the depositions of the victims from the city, which bore the brunt of communal violence after the Godhra train carnage. With 10 more witnesses from Meghaninagar area deposing before the panel, the commission today finished recording statements of riot victims from all 30 police stations in the city and completed the third phase, its chairman Justice (Retd) G T Nanavati told here.
Nanavati, assisted by Justice (Retd) K G Shah, has recorded statements of hundreds of riot victims and witnesses from all areas hit by communal violence, including several survivors of the Naroda Patiya and Gulberg society massacres, where several persons of minority community were slaughtered and burnt alive.
Nanavati, however, said he would not like to comment on the commission's 'observations' during recording of statements of victims of the city as yet.
Earlier, at least five eye-witnesses of majority community said they had seen slain Congress leader Ehsan Jaffrey open fire at a mob from Gulberg society but there were slight discrepancies in their statements. Bureau Report