New Delhi: Congress on Thursday welcomed the conviction of 24 of the 66 accused by a Gujarat court, including a VHP leader, in the 2002 post-Godhra Gulberg society massacre which left 69 people dead, saying justice has been delivered to the victims.
Congress spokesperson Tom Vadakkan said it was a long-pending case, which has finally seen the light of the day.
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"We haven't read the verdict completely. I do hope final justice is done to the victims.
"Accusations have been made and cross accusations have been made. Finally we believe that justice has been done," he said.
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Fourteen years after the gruesome massacre of 69 people including former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri in the Gulberg Society in Ahemdabad, a special court today convicted 24 of the 66 accused, 11 of them for murder, but dropped conspiracy charges against all.
