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Ehsan Jafris murder: Modi is summoned by riots probe team (Mar 12, 2010, Indian Express)

The Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) has
summoned Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on March 21 in connection
with a petition filed by Zakia Jafri, widow of former Congress MP Ehsan
Jafri who was killed in the 2002 post-Godhra riots. Ehsan Jafri was
burnt alive with 37 others at the Gulbarg Society on February 28, 2002,
a day after the attack on the Sabarmati Express in Godhra. "We have
summoned the Chief Minister and we will be asking a few questions based
on the evidence collected till now. Nothing more than this," SIT chief
Raghavan said. He said the summons to Modi were only in connection with
the Jafri murder case. The SIT is to submit its report to the Supreme
Court by April 30.

On the summons to Modi, Zakia said: "I hope
justice will be given to us. It has been a long journey. I am very
happy that Modi has been summoned." In New Delhi, the Congress said it
would be appropriate if Modi quits. "The summoning should have happened
long ago as the CM of Gujarat and his government presided over the
worst pogrom against minorities in independent India," said party
spokesman Manish Tewari.