“Gujarat: Police arrest Godhra train massacre convict Qasim Abdul Sattar for jumping parole”, Opindia, July 24, 2023:
On Saturday, 22nd July, Gujarat police arrested Godhra train burning case convict Qasim Abdul Sattar alias Qasim Biryani Gaji Ghanchi from Panchmahal district a year after he jumped parole. Sattar was serving a life sentence for his involvement in the Godhra train massacre in 2002. Last year, Sattar jumped parole and was absconding since then. Police received a tip-off that he was living in Limkheda taluka. The parole furlough squad of Panchmahal police raided the location and arrested him.
Sattar was handed over to the City B division police, from where he would be shifted to Sabarmati central jail in Ahmedabad to serve the rest of his sentence. Interestingly, this is the second time Sattar jumped parole. In 2021, he jumped parole but was arrested by the police. It is unclear on what grounds he was granted parole despite jumping it once before.
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