Maya Kodnani moves application to summon Amit Shah and 13 others to alibi her in Naroda Gam massacre

Former Gujarat Minister Maya Kodnani has moved in an application to seek issuance of summons to 13 persons, including BJP president Amit Shah to alibi her in connection with the Naroda Gam massacre case linked to 2002 post-Godhra riots.

The special designated court has asked Kodnani’s lawyer Amit Patel to show how this plea was relevant in the case at this stage. The matter will be heard next Monday.

This application will help Kodnani to prove before the court that she was somewhere else on February 28, 2002 when the day riots broke out in Naroda Gam.

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Kodnani was accused of leading a mob of thousands while inciting violence during the riots.  The court had held her as the ‘kingpin’ of the riots. She has been out on bail since July 2014 on the orders of the Gujarat High Court.

Kodnani is among 82 accused facing trial in the Naroda Gam riots case in which 11 persons from the Muslim community were killed on February 28, 2002.