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SIT apprehends eight in Gujarat

AHMEDABAD: The Special Investigation Team, appointed by the Supreme Court for a fresh probe into some dozen macabre incidents during the 2002 communal riots in Gujarat, has arrested eight people in connection with the Sardarpura massacre in Mehsana district.

They accused were granted three-day remand and handed over to the SIT. About 30 people were killed or burnt alive at Sardarpura on March 1, 2002, in the wake of the Godhra train carnage.

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