Gujarat: FIR against 11 for digging mass grave

A case was filed on Monday against 11 persons, including a field officer of a Non Government Organisation which is working for the riot-affected victims, on charges of illegally digging up the mass grave near Lunavda in Panchmahal

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district of Gujarat, police sources said.

The accused, including the field cordinator of NGO, Citizens for Justice and Peace, Rais Khan, have been charged with conspiracy and destruction of evidence by digging up the grave without official permission near Panam river on December 27.

Villagers from Pandharwada and Lunavada were also among the co-accused for participating in the matter.

Subhash Jain, sanitary inspector of Lunavada, filed the complaint, sources said.