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11 sentenced to life in Gulberg massacre

Ahmedabad : A special court here on Friday sentenced to life imprisonment 11 persons, of the 24 convicted for the Gulberg Society massacre of 2002.

One of the convicts was sentenced to 10 years in jail and 12 others for seven years.

Tweleve of the convicts got jail for seven years and one was sent to prison for 10 years.

The Special Investigation Team (SIT) court earlier this month convicted 24 of the 66 accused for arson, plunder, vandalism and killings at Goldberg Society. Thirty-six were acquitted while six were dead before the judgement came in. The hearing on the quantum of punishment was earlier deferred twice.

The prosecution, representing the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT), had sought death sentence or jail term till death for all 24 convicts.

The Gulbery massacre took place a day after a coach of the Sabarmati Express train was set on fire near Godhra, in which 58 people were burnt alive.

Thousands of mobster attacked the Gulbarg Housing Society in Chamanpura area and hacked 69 of its residents to death.