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Kodnani was a minister in the Gujarat government in 2002 when the riots broke out following the burning of a coach of the Sabarmati Express in Godhra
An Indian court has acquitted 69 Hindus, including a former minister, of the murder of 11 Muslims during devastating communal riots in the western state of Gujarat in 2002.
A special court in Ahmedabad on Thursday acquitted all 69 accused, including former BJP legislator Maya Kodnani, ex-Bajrang Dal leader Babu Bajrangi, and Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Jaydeep Patel, in the 2002 Naroda Gam massacre case.
More than two decades after 11 Muslim community members were killed in the post-Godhra riots in Ahmedabad's Naroda Gam, a special court here on Thursday acquitted all the 67 accused in the case, including former Gujarat minister Maya Kodnani and ex-Bajrang Dal leader Babu Bajrangi.
The defendants were accused of murdering 11 Muslims during the 2002 communal riots in Gujarat.