On February 27, 2002, Sabarmati Express arrived at Godhra station in Gujarat. A coach of the train--Coach S6--was set ablaze and 59 passengers travelling in that coach were charred to death. The victims included 27 women and 10 children. Injuries were suffered by another 48 passengers in the train. CHAPTER-I. The Commission submitted its report (Part-I) regarding the incident of burning coach S-6 of Sabarmati Express Train near Godhra Railway Station on 27.2.2002 (hereafter referred to as the „Godhra incident‟), to the Government of Gujarat on 18.9.2008. As an aftermath of that incident between 27.2.2002 and 31.5.2002, large number of incidents of communal violence happened in the State. This report (Part II) is in respect of those incidents. In the Godhra incident, 59 persons who ... On 28 February 2002, a three-day period of inter-communal violence began in the western Indian state of Gujarat. साबरमती ट्रेन के S-6 कोच के अंदर भीषण आग लगी थी. जिससे कोच में मौजूद यात्री उसकी चपेट में आ गए. इनमें से ज्यादातर कारसेवक थे.
