Kodnani, who was forced to resign and is now behind bars, is one of the prime accused in the Naroda Gam riots in which 11 persons were killed.
Former Gujarat minister Maya Kodnani faced a murder charge in the chargesheet filed in the Naroda Gam case on Friday by the Supreme Court-constituted Special Investigation Team(SIT) probing certain post-Godhra riot cases in the state afresh.
Kodnani, who was forced to resign and is now behind bars, is one of the prime accused in the Naroda Gam riots in which 11 persons were killed during the communal clashes in 2002.
"We have submitted a chargesheet against the accused in a local court here. The charges have been framed under IPC Sections 120 (B) for criminal conspiracy, 302 for murder, 307 for attempt to murder, 395 and 397 for loot and 143 to 147 for rioting," a senior SIT official said.
The chargesheet was filed in the court of metropolitan magistrate GM Patel.
The official said all the accused including Kodnani and VHP leader Jaidip Patel were present in the court when the chargesheet was filed.
According to SIT sources, besides Kodnani and Patel the chargesheet was also filed against suspended police officer VS Gohil and one Pankaj Parikh in the case.
The chargesheet said Maya and Patel had led a mob during the 2002 riots which killed 11 people.
Kodnani and Patel are behind bars while VS Gohil, who was a police inspector of Naroda in 2002, and Parikh are out on bail.
Kodnani is also a prime accused in the Naroda Patia massacre in which over 90 people were killed.
A separate chargesheet for Naroda Patia massacre will be filed by SIT in a few days, the agency sources said.
Earlier, Kodanani and Patel's anticipatory bails were granted by the sessions court but later cancelled by the High Court and they had surrendered before the agency.
Subsequently, after their remand, they were sent to judicial custody in Sabarmati jail.
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