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This is an archive article published on January 13, 2010
Deepda Darwaza riot: Plea filed to include 2 BJP leaders as accused
The victims in the Deepda Darwaza riot case of 2002 have filed an application in the Mehsana special court to include two BJP leaders as accused.
January 13, 2010 05:29 AM IST
2 min readThe victims in the Deepda Darwaza riot case of 2002 have filed an application in the Mehsana special court to include two BJP leaders as accused.
At least two eyewitnesses had named Prahlad Gosa,the then BJP legislator from Visnagar,and Dayabhai Patel,the then Vishnagar taluka panchayat member,for inciting the mob to torch houses during the communal violence. Ayaz Memon,advocate for the victims,said,We have today filed the application to include two BJP leaders as accused in the case based on eyewitness statements.
Mohammed Hanif Dalubhai,one of the eyewitnesses in the case,had named the two leaders.
According to the eyewitnesses,both Gosa and Patel were present when the mob had started gathering to torch a house.
The duo encouraged the mob to go ahead and torch the entire mohalla (society) and not just one house.
The witnesses further said that Gosa and Patel were also present when some of the victims relatives,later in the evening,went to the police station to register the complaint.
The witnesses had earlier said that both persons interfered and asked the police to register complaints only for rioting and not for murder.
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