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At the height of violence in the Gujarat riots, an angry mob of almost 20,000 attacked Gulbarg Society – a predominantly Muslim society – in Ahmedabad, killing 69 people including former Congress lawmaker Ehsan Jafri.
Fourteen years later, a special court in Ahmedabad acquitted 36 of the 66 accused in the Gulbarg Society massacre case, while 24 have been convicted.
Here’s what you need to know about the Gulbarg massacre:
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