Know Ex-Gujarat Minister’s Journey From Doctor to an Accused in Naroda Gam Massacre Case

Former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Maya Kodnani and 66 different accused in the 2002 Naroda Gam riots case have been acquitted by a particular court docket in Gujarat on Thursday.

The Ahmedabad-based court docket of S Ok Baxi, particular choose for SIT instances, acquitted all of the accused in one of many main post-Godhra riots instances which had been probed by a Supreme-Court appointed Special Investigation Team.

Those acquitted embody Kodnani, former VHP chief Jaydeep Patel and ex-Bajrang Dal chief Babu Bajrangi.

There had been a complete of 86 accused in the case, of which 18 died in the course of the pendency of the trial, whereas one was discharged earlier by the court docket.

Who is Maya Kodnani?

• Kodnani was a minister in the Gujarat authorities in 2002 when the riots broke out following the burning of a coach of the Sabarmati Express in Godhra.
• In 2012, she was convicted in the Naroda Patiya riots case in which 97 folks had been killed. However, in 2018, the Gujarat High Court overturned the trial court docket’s verdict and acquitted her.
• Daughter of a RSS employee who immigrated to India due to partition, Kodnani attended a Gujarati medium college. She grew to become a physician after attending Baroda Medical College. She had additionally arrange a maternity hospital in Naroda.
• Kodnani entered into electoral politics with a victory in the Ahmedabad civic elections in 1995.
• She was first elected from the Naroda seat in 1998 and retained the seat in 2002 and 2007 Assembly elections. In 2007, she was appointed because the minister of state for girls and little one growth in Gujarat.

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