InfographiQ: All You Need to Know About Gulbarg Society Massacre

A timeline of the Gulbarg Society Massacre that left 69 people dead.
Sahasranshu Mahapatra & Shorbori Purkayastha
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The Gulbarg Society. (Photo: Reuters)
The Gulbarg Society. (Photo: Reuters)
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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:

A timeline of the events. (Photo: Hardeep Singh/The Quint)
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Published: 02 Jun 2016,04:12 PM IST

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