Sardarpura Massacre

Fourteen people convicted of burning 23 Muslims alive during the 2002 Gujarat riots were granted interim bail today by the Supreme Court pending a decision on their request to scrap their conviction. The convicts, charged with murder and rioting, were told they could leave jail if they stayed in Madhya Pradesh and did community service.

A fast-track court in Gujarat has sentenced 31 people to life imprisonment in the Sardarpura massacre where 33 people were burnt to death by a mob of 1500 in 2002 during the communal violence that was unleashed across Gujarat.

Fourteen people convicted of burning 23 Muslims alive during the 2002 Gujarat riots were granted interim bail today by the Supreme Court pending a decision on their request to scrap their conviction. The convicts, charged with murder and rioting, were told they could leave jail if they stayed in Madhya Pradesh and did community service.

A fast-track court in Gujarat has sentenced 31 people to life imprisonment in the Sardarpura massacre where 33 people were burnt to death by a mob of 1500 in 2002 during the communal violence that was unleashed across Gujarat.