India | Updated Nov 15, 2008 at 03:43pm IST

Woman arrested in a 2002 Gujarat riot case

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New Delhi: Gujarat Police have arrested a woman for the first time in a case related to the 2002 Gujarat riots.

Gita Rathod has been arrested for her role in the infamous Naroda Patia riots of 2002. She was arrested by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Thursday and her police custody will end on Sunday.

Metropolitan Magistrate KB Magnani had sent Gita to police custody till November 16.

The SIT, which was specially constituted by the Supreme Court to re-investigate into some riot cases of 2002, will seek her further remand to ascertain where she procured the kerosene from.

Gita has been charged with supplying kerosene used for burning down houses in the Ahmedabad suburb in which 89 people were killed.

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