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Members expressed concern that the Gujarat Government had not had been able to bring to book those responsible for the attack on British nationals. Sharing their concern, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Mike O'Brien said Britain had offered the assistance of the U.K. police on several occasions to probe the incident, but it had not received any response from the Indian Government. "The offer is still open and will remain so," he added. He said the British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, had also raised the issue with the Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, on October 12 during his visit here and wrote to him on November 4 last year. He said "the deplorable attack by a Muslim mob on a train at Godhra on February 27, in which 58 Hindus were killed, sparked violence claiming more than 1,000 lives. "I understand that the group of four British Muslims and one Indian Muslim were travelling from Jaipur to Surat in a seven-seater vehicle. The incident took place when a mob of 50 reportedly ambushed their vehicle near Prantij." PTI
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