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March 2015
British victims family slams Gujarat riots acquittal verdict
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The acquittal of six people in a case related to the killing of three British nationals during the 2002 Gujarat riots was described as a “failure of justice” by the victims’ family. Citing lack of evidence, a special trial court in India acquitted all the six accused of killing three British nationals near Prantij town in Sabarkantha district of west Indian state of Gujarat in 2002. “The tragedy, something that the family has to live with on daily basis, is that the mob responsible for killing their loved ones are still loose on the streets. “The family will not rest until the Indian government fulfils its legal duty and responsibility of bringing the real culprits to justice,” said Suresh Grover, spokesperson for the Dawood Family Justice Campaign set up in the wake of the tragedy. On February 28, 2002, as riots engulfed Gujarat a day after the Godhra trainburning incident, Imran Dawood and his uncles Saeed Dawood, Shakeel Dawood d by Certifie
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