Gulberg society massacre: 24 convicted, 36 acquitted

June 2, 2016

Ahmedabad, Jun 2: A special SIT court today convicted 24 and acquitted 36 as it pronounced its verdict in connection with a 2002 post-Godhra riots case of the Gulberg Society in which 69 persons including former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri were killed.

Gulberg Special Court Judge P B Desai delivered the judgement over eight months after the trial concluded on September 22, 2015. The Supreme Court, which was monitoring the case, had directed the SIT court to give its verdict by May 31.

Bipin Patel, who is a sitting BJP corporator from Asarva seat was acquitted by the court. He was also the corporator in 2002 when the massacre happened and won the election for a fourth consecutive term last year.

Of the 66 accused named by the SIT in the case, nine are behind bars for 14 years, while others are out on bail.

Last week, the court had turned down pleas moved by two accused--Narayan Tank and Babu Rathod--to conduct narco analysis and brain mapping tests on them to prove their innocence. The court maintained that it was not required when the verdict was imminent.

During the trial, riots victim's lawyer had argued that the massacre was a pre-planned criminal conspiracy hatched by the accused to kill minority community members of the Gulberg Society.

The defence had refuted the conspiracy theory of prosecution and claimed that the mob resorted to violence only after slain Congress MP Eshan Jafri fired several rounds on them.

The Gulberg Society case is one of the nine cases of the 2002 Gujarat riots probed by the Supreme Court appointed SIT.

The incident had taken place a day after S-6 coach of the Sabarmati Express was burnt near the Godhra train station, where in 58 'karsevaks' were killed.

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Why they acquitted who killed innocent kids and women in train ..third rated Muslims ..we need death sentence for 5000 Muslims for instigating riots in gujarath..soola maklu madidre they honoured perfect manual antbe ...evidence sigada haage entire Jana na Udaisi bidbekuthu ..traitor community ...

Leaders are all out of the case. Some followers only get the imprisonment.
Not a convincing judgement.

OUR GREAT INDIAN JUDICIARY !

BJP corporator BipinPatel acquitted, true face of BJP.

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COVID-19: 10-month-old child is recovering; mother tests negative!

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April 4,2020

Mangaluru, Apr 4: The mother and grandmother of the 10-month-old baby boy, under treatment at a private hospital in Deralakatte here for COVID-19 infection, tested negative.

Doctors at the hospital said the condition of the infant, who was admitted with an acute respiratory infection, was stable and there had been a good response to the treatment being given in isolation.

The child, hailing from Sajipanadu Village in Bantwal Taluk was admitted to a hospital at Deralakatte in Mangaluru for treatment on March 23 as it had developed respiratory problems.

On March 24, the child’s condition worsened and hence his throat swabs was sent for COVID-19 testing. On March 27, reports of the tests confirmed that the child was infected with COVID-19.

Health authorities are of the view that the baby might have contracted the disease when the family travelled recently to Kasaragod in Kerala, a district identified as a hotspot for Coronavirus.

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6,000 chickens buried alive in Belagavi as prices drop

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March 10,2020

Belagavi, Mar 10: Around 6,000 chickens were buried alive by some poultry farm owners here as the rate of flesh in the market dropped even below the cost price due to Coronavirus scare.

The poultry farm who buried the chickens on Monday evening belonged to Lolasuru village in Gokak Taluk of the district.

One of the owners, Nazir Makandar, said that there was no demand for chicken because of threat of Coronavirus.

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we are ready to destroy food but wont allow poor to eat it

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397 new coronavirus cases in Karnataka, tally crosses 10,000

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June 24,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 24: Karnataka on Wednesday reported 397 new coronavirus positive cases, taking the total number of positive cases to 10,118.

According to the State Health Department, with 14 more deaths today, the state's toll has reached 164. While, 6,151 people have been discharged so far.

Hundred per cent of Community Health Centres, 50 per cent of Primary Health Centres and Urban Primary Health Centres will be converted as exclusive 'fever clinics' to screen fever cases for influenza-like illness (ILI)/severe acute respiratory infections (SARI), Karnataka Health Department said.

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