After 12 years since its appointment and 25 extensions later, the Nanavati-Mehta Commission today submitted its final report on the 2002 Godhra train carnage case and the subsequent communal riots in parts of Gujarat.

The two member commission comprising retired Supreme Court judge, G T Nanavati, and retired Gujarat High Court judge Akshay Mehta submitted the report to Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel at the official residence of the CM (pictured).

In the Godhra train carnage case, 59 persons were burnt alive in the S-6 coach of the Sabarmati Express train near Godhra railway station on February 27, 2002. The communal riots that ensued in parts of Gujarat following the carnage, left 1,169 people dead.