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Gulberg massacre: VHP leader gets bail
June 27, 2017
The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday granted bail to convicted Vishva Hindu
Parishad leader Atul Vaidya in connection with the Gulberg
Society massacre case.
Earlier in the week, a special court had
sentenced 11 convicts to life imprisonment, 12 to seven years and
another to 10 years in jail in connection with the case in which 69
people were killed.
The special investigation court on June 2
found 24 people guilty, 11 of them of murder in the 14-year-old case.
The trial began in 2009.
Zakia Jafri, the wife of former Congress
MP Ehsan Jafri, expressed her disappointment over the verdict in this
matter and hinted that she might approach the higher courts.
"After so many people died, that's all the court could decide? Just 12 guilty? I will have to fight this," Jafri told ANI.
Social
activist Teesta Setalvad, who has been fighting for justice for the
victims, welcomed the verdict but expressed disappointment with the
"lesser sentence".
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