28 people who were accused of arson, rioting and damaging property of minority muslim community during the post-Godhra riots have been acquitted by a Gandhinagar court.

They were also accused of damaging some portion of a dargah in Paliyad during an attack by a mob of around 250 locals of that village, on February 28, 2002, a day after the train burning incident at Godhra railway station.

The court cited lack of evidence against all the accused as the reason for their acquittal.

This was after all the witnessed in the case turned hostile and refused to identify the accused.

During the trial, these witnesses also told the court that they are not having any grudge against anyone at present as they have already struck a compromise with the accused.  

About 58 persons lost their lives when the S-6 coach of Sabarmati Express was torched at Godhra Railway Station on February 27, 2002.

The incident had triggered large scale riots in Gujarat in which around 1,000 people, mostly of the minority muslim community, were killed.

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