Indian probe clears Gujurat leader over 2002 riots
- 10 Apr 2012 at 22:32 1,035 viewed0 comments
- WRITER: AFP
An investigation team appointed by India's Supreme Court has found no evidence against Gujarat's chief minister over deadly anti-Muslim riots in the state a decade ago, a court said Tuesday.
An investigation team appointed by India's Supreme Court has found no evidence against Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi, seen here in 2010, over deadly anti-Muslim riots in the state a decade ago.
Narendra Modi has been accused by rights groups of having turned a blind eye to the violence that swept the state in 2002 claiming as many as 2,000 lives, and of failing to bring to justice the perpetrators of the killings.
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