Godhra case: Key accused arrested
The arrested person has been identified as Imran Batuk.
He has been arrested after 14 years since the attack on Sabarmati Express occurred.
He was arrested by the police from Malegoan in Maharashtra.
"We arrested him following a tip off in Malegaon. He was hiding there and was involved in illegal sand mining," a senior officer from the crime branch was quoted as saying by The Hindu.
The infamous Gujarat riots of 2002 left hundreds of Muslims dead, injured and tortured and came as a blot in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rule in the state.
The riots followed an incident of train burning in Godhra in which Hindus returning from Ayodhya were killed by a Muslim mob.
Around 1,000 supporters of prime accused Maulvi Umarjihad attacked the coach at the Godhra station and torched it killing 59 people and injuring many.
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