Ahmadabad: Amit Shah, the president of the BJP, has been ordered to appear as a witness for Maya Kodnani former Minister of State for Women and Child Development in the Government of Gujarat, a top leader from his party in Gujarat who has been convicted of murder in the disturbance that tore the state apart in 2002, The Judge said that Mr. Shah must be appear in court on Monday assign a lawyer to respond what Ms Kodnani say: that she was not present when 11 Muslims were killed during the 2002 disturbance in Naroda Gram, a suburb of Ahmedabad,Ms Kodnani, a trained gynaecologist, has repeatedly complained to the court of being unable to contact Mr Shah, The judge today said that a order will be served to him by the court asking him to appear as a defence witness on Monday.
The Ms Kodnani has been found responsible of the mass murder of nearly hundred Muslims in a neighborhood called Naroda Patiya, She is also on trial in another case of murdering 11 Muslims on the same day in neighboring Naroda Gram, just 10 kms away, She says that when the violence erupted, she was with Mr Shah and others at the hospital that she ran in Ahmedabad, At the time of the disturbance.
