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CPI(M) wants SC Judge to probe Godhra carnage

By Our Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI JULY 6. The Communist Party of India (Marxist) today demanded a probe by a sitting Supreme Court judge into the Godhra train fire.

Referring to the report of the Forensic Science Laboratory investigating the carnage, the CPI(M) Politburo said that while it was clear that the "State-sponsored genocide in Gujarat that followed the incendiary torching of the train at Godhra was pre-planned, a similar question mark arises on the Godhra incident''.

It said under these circumstances it was imperative to ascertain the full facts and to punish the guilty.

"A high-level judicial probe must be instituted by a sitting Supreme Court judge'', the statement said.

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