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Salim Zarda, a convict from the 2002 Godhra train carnage, was arrested for truck theft in Pune. After escaping parole, he led a gang stealing truck tyres and tubes in Maharashtra, with stolen goods totaling ₹14.4 lakh recovered.

Godhra convict Salim Zarda arrested in Pune for theft after jumping parole

Salim Zarda, from the infamous 2002 Godhra carnage, was nabbed in Pune for truck theft after escaping parole. He and his gang, identified as originating from Godhra, were apprehended with stolen items worth ₹14.4 lakh. His criminal activities continue.

Salim Zarda, convicted for the 2002 Godhra train attack, was caught by Pune police for stealing truck tyres and tubes. Zarda led a gang in similar thefts across Maharashtra, with stolen goods worth ₹14.4 lakh recovered. He's known for his criminal past.

Salim alias Salman Yusif Zarda, a life-term convict in the 2002 Godhra train carnage, was arrested by Pune rural police in connection with a truck theft case.
Pune rural police have arrested Salim alias Salman Yusif Zarda (55), a convicted life-term prisoner in the 2002 Godhra train carnage, who had been on the run since jumping parole in September 2023. Zarda was apprehended in Pune&rsquo;s Junnar area for his involvement in a truck tyre and tube theft worth ₹2.49 lakh.
How Zarda Was Caught According to police reports, truck driver Somnath Gaikwad (30) of Solapur filed an FIR at Alephata police station after discovering that tyres and tubes had been stolen from his vehicle in the early hours of January 7.
During investigations, police found similar cases of truck lootings reported at Manchar police station (Pune) and Sinnar police station (Nashik). Further probes linked the crimes to an inter-state gang operating out of Godhra, Gujarat.
Acting on technical clues, Pune rural police tracked and arrested a five-member gang from Nashik on January 22.
Godhra Convict Turned Gang Leader Among those arrested was Salim Zarda, alongside his aides:
Sahil Pathan (21) Sufiyan Chanaki (23) Ayub Sunthiya (29) Irfan Durvesh (41) All suspects hail from Godhra, Gujarat. Police recovered a tempo truck and other stolen goods worth ₹14.4 lakh from the gang.
After interrogation, the Pune rural police handed over the accused to Sinnar police in Nashik for further investigation into related theft cases.
&nbsp;Zarda&rsquo;s Criminal Record &amp; Past Parole Jumps
Police inspector Dinesh Tayade of Alephata police station confirmed that Zarda was among the 31 convicts in the 2002 Godhra train carnage case.
Initially sentenced to death, his punishment was later commuted to life imprisonment by the Gujarat High Court. He had jumped parole eight times in the past. Over the years, Zarda formed a criminal gang involved in thefts across Gujarat, Rajasthan, and Maharashtra. He has been named in 16 different criminal cases spanning multiple states.
 Previous Arrest in 2023
Zarda had previously jumped parole in October 2022, only to be caught in January 2023 by Gujarat police for robbing a godown in Narmada district. However, despite being re-arrested, he managed to evade law enforcement again, leading to his recent capture in Pune.
With his latest arrest, authorities are expected to tighten legal proceedings against him to prevent further parole violations.

The Supreme Court will hear appeals in the 2002 Godhra train burning case on February 13. The Gujarat government is seeking the death penalty for 11 convicts whose sentences were commuted to life imprisonment. 

Supreme Court to hear appeals filed by Gujarat govt in Godhra case on Feb 13

SC to hear appeals filed by Gujarat govt in Godhra case on Feb 13

The Supreme Court will hear appeals in the 2002 Godhra train burning case on February 13. The Gujarat government is seeking the death penalty for 11 convicts whose sentences were commuted to life imprisonment.&nbsp;

The Supreme Court on Thursday said it will hear on February 13 the appeals filed by the Gujarat government and several other convicts in the 2002 Godhra train burning case.
A bench of Justices J K Maheshwari and Aravind Kumar made it clear that no adjournment will be given in the matter on the next date of hearing.
On February 27, 2002, 59 people were killed when the S-6 coach of the Sabarmati Express was burnt at Gujarat's Godhra, triggering riots in the state.
Several appeals have been filed in the apex court challenging the October 2017 verdict of the Gujarat High Court which had upheld the conviction of several convicts and commuted the death penalties of 11 people to life term.
The Gujarat government had in February 2023 told the apex court that it will be seeking death penalty for the 11 convicts whose sentences in the case were commuted to life imprisonment by the high court.
When the matter came for hearing on Thursday, a lawyer, appearing for a convict, submitted that no evidence has been put on record.
"We don't know. We will hear the matter and we had clarified this earlier. We will not adjourn this case. This case has been adjourned at least five times. (For the) last one year, I have been adjourning this matter," Justice Maheshwari said.
The lawyer told the court that some of the convicts have filed remission pleas that are pending.
Refusing to adjourn the matter, the bench said, "We have instructions from the Chief Justice's office that the cases of criminal appeal and remission need not to be heard together." &nbsp; Senior Advocate Sanjay Hegde, appearing for one of the convicts, submitted that the appeal filed by Gujarat against commutation of death penalty to life has to be heard first.
"Twenty-two years have passed... My clients have not been awarded death. This bench will have to first confirm the guilt. Once that is confirmed, then comes the sentencing part. When we go through that, that will possibly take time. There will be repercussion if you were to send to three judges," Hegde said.The court then deferred the matter for hearing to February 13 after the lawyers appearing for the convicts sought time.
During the hearing before the apex court earlier, the state's counsel said the 11 convicts were sentenced to death by the trial court and 20 others were awarded life term in the case.
The high court had upheld the 31 convictions in the case and commuted the death penalties of the 11 convicts to life term, the counsel had said.
While the state has appealed against the commutation of death penalty to life term for the 11 convicts, several convicts have challenged the high court's verdict upholding their convictions in the case.

The top court, however, refused to grant bail to four convicts after Solicitor General Tushar Mehta opposed their applications highlighting their role in the incident.

SC grants bail to 8 convicts in Godhra train burning case

The top court, however, refused to grant bail to four convicts after Solicitor General Tushar Mehta opposed their applications highlighting their role in the incident.

The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to eight people sentenced to life imprisonment in the 2002 Godhra train burning case which plunged Gujarat into a communal conflagration.
A bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justice P S Narasimha, while granting them the relief took note of the time they have already served and the unlikelihood of their appeals being taken up for disposal anytime soon.
"We direct that the convicts be released on bail subject to such terms and conditions as may be imposed by the sessions court," the bench said.
The top court, however, refused to grant bail to four convicts after Solicitor General Tushar Mehta opposed their applications highlighting their role in the incident.
Senior advocate Sanjay Hegde, appearing for the convicts whose bail petitions were rejected, requested the bench to adjourn the hearing on their applications saying there is a festival tomorrow.

Those acquitted include Kodnani, former VHP leader Jaydeep Patel and ex-Bajrang Dal leader Babu Bajrangi.

Ex-Gujarat minister Maya Kodnani, 66 accused acquitted in Naroda Gam riots case

A special court in Gujarat on Thursday acquitted all the 67 accused in the 2002 Naroda Gam riots case in which 11 people were killed.

Those acquitted include Kodnani, former VHP leader Jaydeep Patel and ex-Bajrang Dal leader Babu Bajrangi.

A special court in Gujarat on Thursday acquitted all the 67 accused, including former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) minister Maya Kodnani, in the 2002 Naroda Gam riots case in which 11 people were killed.
The Ahmedabad-based court of S K Baxi, special judge for SIT cases, acquitted all the accused in one of the major post-Godhra riots cases which was probed by a Supreme-Court appointed Special Investigation Team.
Those acquitted include Kodnani, former VHP leader Jaydeep Patel and ex-Bajrang Dal leader Babu Bajrangi.
There were a total of 86 accused in the case, of which 18 died during pendency of the trial, while one was discharged earlier by the court.&nbsp;

Eleven sinister criminals - convicted in Bilkis Bano's gangrape and her family's murder case - were released from jail on 15 August 2022 under the Gujarat government's remission policy, according to news agency PTI.
In the violence following the 2002 Godhra incident, a pregnant Bilkis Bano and 4 other women members of her family had been gangraped. 14 members of Bilkis Bano's family had also been reportedly murdered.
Eleven convicts had been sentenced to life imprisonment by a special CBI court in Mumbai in January 2008. The verdict was upheld by the Bombay High Court.
After having spent over 15 years in jail, one of the convicts reportedly approached the Supreme Court for premature release. The apex court asked the Gujarat government to decide the matter, and subsequently a committee was formed.
The panel recommended remission for the 11 convicts, and the state government accepted it. On 15 August, the 11 convicts walked out of the Godhra sub-jail.

Released from jail: convicts in gangrape, murder case of Bilkis Bano, family get relief from Gujarat govt

In the violence following the 2002 Godhra incident, a pregnant Bilkis Bano and 4 other women members of her family had been gangraped. 14 members of her family had also been murdered.

Eleven sinister criminals - convicted in Bilkis Bano's gangrape and her family's murder case - were released from jail on 15 August 2022 under the Gujarat government's remission policy, according to news agency PTI.
In the violence following the 2002 Godhra incident, a pregnant Bilkis Bano and 4 other women members of her family had been gangraped. 14 members of Bilkis Bano's family had also been reportedly murdered.
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The panel recommended remission for the 11 convicts, and the state government accepted it. On 15 August, the 11 convicts walked out of the Godhra sub-jail.
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Just days before the Parliament reconvenes, a major political controversy has erupted.
Gujarat police have claimed that late Congress leader Ahmed Patel had hatched a conspiracy to topple the BJP government in the state after the 2002 riots.
Police investigators made the claim before a local court while opposing the bail of activist Teesta Setalvad. Gujarat Police's Special Investigation Team (SIT) claimed that Setalvad was part of a "larger conspiracy" led by Ahmed Patel, a close associate of the Gandhi family.
The SIT said that Setalvad used to meet leaders of "a prominent national party in power at that time in Delhi to implicate names of senior leaders of the BJP government in riot cases". Setalvad had also demanded a Rajya Sabha seat, as per investigators.
She also received ₹30 lakhs after the 2002 riots at Ahmed Patel's behest, according to police. Setalvad has been arrested along with former IPS officers RB Sreekumar and Sanjiv Bhatt. They have been accused of fabricating evidence to frame innocent people in 2002 riot cases.
Setalvad was arrested in June 2022, a day after the Supreme Court upheld the clean chit given in riot-related cases to Narendra Modi, who was then Chief Minister of Gujarat.

2002 Gujarat riots | Late Congress leader Ahmed Patel, Teesta Setalvad plotted to topple Modi govt: SIT

Gujarat Police's Special Investigation Team (SIT) told a court that activist Teesta Setalvad was part of a "larger conspiracy" led by late Ahmed Patel, a close associate of the Gandhi family.

Just days before the Parliament reconvenes, a major political controversy has erupted.
Gujarat police have claimed that late Congress leader Ahmed Patel had hatched a conspiracy to topple the BJP government in the state after the 2002 riots.
Police investigators made the claim before a local court while opposing the bail of activist Teesta Setalvad. Gujarat Police's Special Investigation Team (SIT) claimed that Setalvad was part of a "larger conspiracy" led by Ahmed Patel, a close associate of the Gandhi family.
The SIT said that Setalvad used to meet leaders of "a prominent national party in power at that time in Delhi to implicate names of senior leaders of the BJP government in riot cases". Setalvad had also demanded a Rajya Sabha seat, as per investigators.
She also received ₹30 lakhs after the 2002 riots at Ahmed Patel's behest, according to police. Setalvad has been arrested along with former IPS officers RB Sreekumar and Sanjiv Bhatt. They have been accused of fabricating evidence to frame innocent people in 2002 riot cases.
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Setalvad was arrested in June 2022, a day after the Supreme Court upheld the clean chit given in riot-related cases to Narendra Modi, who was then Chief Minister of Gujarat.

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