Court defers verdict in Naroda Patiya riot case to August 29

A designated court today deferred to August 29 the pronouncement of judgement in the Naroda Patiya communal riot case of 2002,in which a former BJP Minister is one of the 61 accused.

Special Judge Jyotsna Yagnik,who had earlier given a tentative date of today for delivering the much-awaited judgement put off the verdict by two months without assigning any reason.

Naroda Patiya,a locality in the city,saw one of the worst riots in the wake of Sabarmati Express burning incident near Godhra.

Ninety-seven members of a minority community were massacred in the area by a violent mob on February 28 2002,a day after the Godhra train fire.