March 12, 2010 1:45 PM

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SIT summons Narendra Modi in post-Godhra riots case

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has been summoned by the Special Investigation Team, SIT to appear before it on March 21 for questioning in post-Godhra riots in the state in 2002. <br/> <br/>Supreme Court-appointed SIT summoned him, following a petition by Zakia Jaffrey, widow of the late Congress MP Ehsan Jaffrey who was burnt alive in the Gulbarg Society massacre in Ahmedabad during the riots. <br/> <br/>SIT Chief R.K. Raghavan said in Ahmedabad that the team will be asking few questions to Mr Modi based on the evidence collected till now. <br/> <br/>The former director of the CBI, Mr Raghavan is investigating into complaint against the Chief Minister to submit its report to the Supreme Court by April 30. <br/> <br/>Ms. Zakia Jaffrey had filed a 100-page complaint against Mr. Modi and 62 others, including his Cabinet colleagues alleging conspiracy. <br/> <br/>AIR Ahmedabad Correspondent reports that large number of witnesses have already been examined and valuable material collected in this case.<br/><br/>

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