Arguments concluded in case related to UK nationals' killings

The advocate for the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) concluded his arguments today in the 2002 post-Godhra riots case relating to an incident in Prantij town of Sabarkantha district where four people, including three British nationals, were killed.
SIT's Special Public Prosecutor R C Kodekar submitted before Principal District Judge I C Shah today that the prosecution relied solely upon the testimony of the witness and complainant Imran Dawoood.
The witness narrated the entire incident about how an unruly mob had chased him and his three UK-based uncles namely Saeed Dawood, Shakeel Dawood as well as Mohammad Aswat who were allegedly beaten to death later, Kodekar said.

Kodekar said the complainant identified six accused and added "the witness had shown honesty in testimony as he only said that they (accused) look some what like them."
However, Kodekar said that since ten years had passed, it was tough for the accused to identify all six accused in the case.
Demanding that the accused be convicted, Kodekar said "the foreign citizens (British nationals) were roaming on the highway. The accused had intercepted them, beat them up and butchered them because they belonged to another community".
"It is a shame for us and the country that foreigners were killed in that manner. Looking at the heinousness of the crime, the accused should be convicted," he said.

Defence counsel is scheduled to put forth his arguments in the case on January 12, 2015.