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PM Narendra Modi said that the 2002 Gujarat Riots took place just 3-4 days after he became an MLA, and the Godhra attack the subsequent riots must be seen in the backdrop of major Islamic terror attacks in months before that

Following the riots in 1980, the temple's sanctum sanctorum was blocked off by the construction of a wall. On Monday, these walls were demolished amid strict security, uncovering the temple.

In 1976, the Hindu community in Sambhal were targeted after false rumours of their involvement in the murder of a Muslim cleric killed by one his coreligionist.

When the riots broke out, Banwari Lal urged several Hindu shopkeepers to hide at his brother-in-law Murari Lal’s house. However, Muslim traders tipped off the rioters. A mob of Islamist rioters then broke the gates of Murari Lal’s house using a tractor and brutally killed 24 Hindus.

In another mudrer case, the special court acquitted five accused due to the absence of eyewitnesses.