COURT DEFERS VERDICT IN NARODA RIOT CASE

Ahmedabad, June 30: A designated court on Saturday deferred to August 29 the pronouncement of judgement in the Naroda Patiya communal riot case of 2002, in which a former BJP Minister is one of the 61 accused.

Special Judge Jyotsna Yagnik, who had earlier given a tentativejudgement date of today put off the verdict by two months without assigning any reason. Naroda saw one of the worst riots in the wake of Sabarmati Express burning incident. — PTI