Godhra case: 1 more arrested
The anti dacoity squad of Godhra police on Monday arrested one Shaukat Yusuf Patariya alias Bhana from Kevadia Colony of Narmada district.

Patariya was reportedly involved in the Godhra carnage that took place on February 27 last year in which 58 passengers travelling in Sabarmati Express were charred to death at Godhra junction.

The special investigation team probing the Godhra carnage however has not asked for transfer warrants of the accused.

Meanwhile, SIT has obtained transfer warrants of two more accused in the case from Godhra town police.

They are Habib alias Badshah Binyamin Behra and Rafiq New Muslim.

Godhra town police earlier on May 26 had arrested four persons with an illegal consignment of electricity wires and Badshah Binyamin Behra and Rafiq New Muslim were among them.

The arrest of Badshah is considered important as he is the brother of Zabir Binyamin Behra who gave confessional statement before the court.

The statement had changed the entire face of the investigation as Zabir confessed that Maulana Hussain Umarji was one of the key conspirators and that Umarji was the one who had formed the core group.

Republished from The Asian Age