March 26, 2012 2:06 PM

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Godhra riots: SC to examine if SIT can share report with Nanavati panel

The Supreme Court today agreed to examine if the Special Investigating Team, SIT, appointed by it to inquire into the 2002 post-Godhra riot cases, can share its report with the Nanavati Commission, which too is probing into Godhra train carnage and the subsequent riots. A Bench headed by Justice D K Jain said, it will look into the matter, when the SIT approached it with a plea for its direction on the issue.The SIT, headed by former CBI director R K Raghavan, was appointed by the apex court in April 2009 to probe the cases and the team had submitted its report in 2011.Nanavati Commission was set up in 2002 to probe into the Godhra train carnage and the state-wide riots that erupted in its wake.

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