London: Even after a year, Gujarat violence rocked the British Parliament with the government saying that it had not received any response from India to its offer of UK police assistance to probe into the attack on four British national, two of whom died.

Members expressed the concern that the Gujarat government had not had been able to bring to book those responsible for the attack on British national.

Sharing their concern the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Mike O'Brien said Britain had offered UK police assistance on several occasions to probe but it has not received any response from the Indian government.

"The offer is still open and will remain so," he said.

O'Brien said British Prime Minister Tony Blair had also raised the case with Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on October 12 during his visit and wrote to him on November 4 2002.

Recounting the events, O'Brien said on February 28 2002, four British nationals visiting India were attacked in their car during violence in Gujarat.

He said the deplorable attack by a Muslim mob on a train at Godhra on February 27, in which 58 Hindus were killed, sparked violence claiming more than 1,000 lives.

"I understand that the group of four British Muslims and one Indian Muslim were travelling from Jaipur to Surat in a seven-seater vehicle. The event took place when a mob of 50 reportedly ambushed their vehicle near Prantij.

PTI