VHP wants Modi to spare Bajrangi

It,however,did not change its position on Bajrangi and other convicts.

The Vishwa Hindu Parishad on Monday wrote to Chief Minister Narendra Modi with an expectation that the latter would cancel his governments decision consenting to move an appeal and seek death penalty for Babu Patel alias Babu Bajrangi and others in the 2002 Naroda Patiya massacre case.

In the same case,the state government has refused permission to the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team to file an appeal in a higher court seeking death penalty for former minister Maya Kodnani.

Earlier,the state government had decided to give its consent to seek death sentence for Kodnani,Bajrangi and others in the higher court. However,it later changed its stand and referred the matter to the Advocate General. After the AGs opinion,the state government did not give consent to move appeal seeking death for Kodnani and one other person.

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It,however,did not change its position on Bajrangi and other convicts.

The VHPs letter,signed by its general secretary Ranchhod Bharwad,alleged that Bajrangi and other convicts were framed in the case and seeking death penalty for them would be injustice to them and the Hindus in general.

A copy of the letter was marked to office-bearers of the RSS and BJP,including party president Rajnath Singh.

In August last year,a special trial court had convicted Kodnani and sentenced her to life imprisonment. The court had also convicted Bajrangi and sentenced him to life imprisonment till death.

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