Date:09/10/2002 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2002/10/09/stories/2002100904160101.htm

Front Page

Godhra case: one held

By Our Special Correspondent

AHMEDABAD Oct. 8.

Razzaq Kurkur, claimed to be the main accused in the Godhra train carnage, who was absconding since the incident on February 27, has been arrested.

The police said he was nabbed early this morning from the Amman guest house in Godhra

Kurkur was believed to have supplied petrol and also provided an autorickshaw to carry the fuel to the train to set fire to the S-6 coach, in which 58 persons were burnt alive.