According to the report dated July 25, 2011, which was released yesterday, there was a need for examining Modi’s role in the wake of the Godhra train burning to find out whether a message was conveyed that the state machinery would not step in to prevent the communal riots that followed.

Ramachandran said the chairman of the SC-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) had found that a meeting had indeed taken place at Modi’s residence at 11 pm on February 27, 2002 that was attended by senior bureaucrats and police officers.