Amit Shah deposes before court backing BJP leader Maya Kodani in 2002 Naroda massacre case
"I was not allowed entry into the post-mortem room. I met with family members of the Godhra victims whose post mortem and identification was completed. There were several Karyakartas with me, people were angry and were raising slogans when I was coming out of the hospital, CNN News18 quoted Amit Shah as saying.
"Maya Kodnani did not go to Naroda Gam between being at the assembly session and Sola hospital. We did speak about appearing as a witness in the Naroda Patiya case but the SIT has not bothered to ask me whether I was with her on February 28, 2002, or not" he said.
Shah was summoned to depose before the court as a witness in favour of Maya Kodani, who is accused of leading a mob of thousands of people and inciting them for violence in Naroda Gaam in which 11 Muslims were killed.
Kodnani’s lawyer Amit Patel moved an application and prayed that summons be issued to Amit Shah at his Ahmedabad address.
The court granted direct service to her lawyer for sending the summons.
Kodani is among the 82 accused who are facing trial.
In 2012, Kodani was convicted on similar charges and sentenced to life imprisonment for her role in Naroda Patiya massacre, a place close to Naroda Gam. She was held as the “kingpin” of the riots.
She and 31 other convicts have challenged the verdict in the Gujarat High Court which concluded its hearing on August 30 and reserved the verdict.
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