INDIA: GODHRA PENALTY: GALLOWS FOR 11

Special judge P R Patel of the special court at Sabarmati Jail in India sentenced 11 people to death for the Godhra train burning case that left 59 kar sevaks dead on February 27, 2002. The 11 are Jabbir Binyamin Behra, Bilal Ismail Abdul Sujela alias Bilal Haji, Ramzani Biryani Behera, Razzak Kurkur, Siraj Mohammad Abdul Maida, Irfan Bhopa Kalandar, Irfan Mohd Hanif Abdulgani Patalia, Mehboob Ahmad Yusufhasan alias Latika, Hassan Ahmad Charkha alias Lalu, Mehboob Khalid Chanda, and Salim alias Salman Yusuf Sattar Jarda.