Godhra

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'Banerjee report on Godhra not final'<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Justice Nanavati, who is probing the Gujarat violence,  said the UC Banerjee Committee's interim report terming the Godhra train blaze as an accident was "not the final word" and it could have been an act of terror.

"There were more than 250 persons in the train compartment at the time. It is not so easy for anyone to have a clear idea of the sequence of events, it could have been an act of terror, it would be premature to say that it was an accident at this stage or a conspiracy," Justice Nanavati said in an interview to <i>NDTV</i>.

He said witnesses had provided different versions of what had happened in Godhra.

"As a report prepared by a retired Supreme Court judge we will certainly give it weight but it cannot be conclusive. We will have to take into account the evidence provided by several witnesses before we can give our report on what happened in Godhra. Nothing can be ruled out at this stage", Justice Nanavati said.

The judge made it clear that the role of the mob at Godhra station could not be ignored. "I think everyone has confirmed that there was a mob at the station that was pelting stones from the platform. We cannot ignore this", he said.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

For Godhara they are not sure till now, but for Gujarat riot they are 100% sure.