Ahmedabad:
The Ahmedabad police arrested a person for threatening an important witness in a Gujarat riot case late night on Thursday.
Siddique Allahbaksh, an important witness in the Naroda Patiya massacre case in which about 100 people were killed, was allegedly threatened by five persons on March 26 when he was driving his autorickshaw.
He was asked to retract from his statement in which he had identified former minister Maya Kodnani as one of the accused in the case.
"Five people sent by Maya Kodnani stopped me while I was on my auto. Then they asked the passengers to vacate. Later they took me to a secluded spot and said that I should not depose against Maya Kodnani or they will kill my family," he said.
Following the threats he had filed a complaint with the Special Investigation Team probing the riot cases. Threat to the witness had again raised the issue of security for riot witnesses.