Indian Court Jailed 11 for Life in Gujarat Gulbarg Massacre

More than 1,000 people, mostly Muslims, died in the riots, sparked by a fire on a train that killed 60 Hindu pilgrims.

The special court in Ahmedabad called the incident the “darkest day in the history of civil society”.

A court in India has sentenced 11 people to life in prison for their roles in a notorious massacre during the 2002 anti-Muslim riots in Gujarat.

Of the 24 people convicted for the so-called Gulbarg Society killings, 12 were jailed for seven years while one man was sentenced to 10 years.

During the attack, 69 people were hacked and burned to death by a mob.

Critics of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was the state chief minister at the time, say he did little to stop the riots.