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Godhra panel visits site

Godhra Dec. 22. The two-member Riot Inquiry Commission probing the communal violence in Gujarat following the Godhra carnage, today visited the site where 56 "Ram sevaks' were burnt alive in the Sabarmati Express, to corroborate the depositions made by some 48 witnesses.

The Commission, comprising Justice K. G. Shah (Retd.) and G. T. Nanavati, along with technical staff of the railway and district administration, inspected the affected S-6 and S-5 coaches from inside and outside to ascertain the ``burning pattern''. They questioned the railway and district authorities about the position of the train at the time of the incident, on which side of the platform it had halted, the positions of the seats and other related matters.

The Commission had visited the site on September 1.

PTI

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