SAMIR Patel, an accused in a case related to post –Godhra riot has been detained by London police. A red corner notice was issued against him. Two other accused in the case, Natu Patel and Rakesh Patel, are still at large.
According to Gujarat police Patel would be brought back by within a week after completing deportation formalities. He had escaped to UK by jumping bail.
As many as 58 people had died when the S-6 coach of Sabarmati Express was torched at Godhra railway station on 27 February, 2002. The incident had triggered large scale riots in the state in which around 1,000 people were killed. The victims were mainly Hindu pilgrims who were returning from the city of Ayodhya after a religious ceremony at the disputed Babri Masjid site.
On April 9, 2012, a special court convicted 23 persons. However Samir Patel’s trial was not complete as he had gone absconding before that.