A special court in Ahmedabad on Thursday acquitted all 69 accused, including former BJP legislator Maya Kodnani, ex-Bajrang Dal leader Babu Bajrangi, and Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Jaydeep Patel, in the 2002 Naroda Gam massacre case.The case .
In March 2017, Maya Kodnani had sought the examination of 14 more witnesses in her defence, including Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who was then the national president of the BJP. Shah appeared before the designated court on September 18, 2017.
The verdict by special judge Shubhada Baxi was pronounced around 5.30 pm and welcomed outside the court by chants of “Jai Shree Ram” and “Bharat Mata ki Jai” by the relatives of the accused