Vadodara: Two of the 21 accused in the Best Bakery case have been taken in judicial custody after Supreme Court ordered re-investigation and re-trial of the case and shifted its hearing to Maharashtra on April 12, a senior police official said.

Efforts are being made to trace the remaining 19 accused, city Police Commissioner S K Sinha said.

A Supreme Court Bench had quashed the acquittal of 21 accused in the post-Godhra Gujarat riot case and allowed two petitions - one by key witness Zahira Habibullah Sheikh and the other by the Gujarat Government - challenging the High Court order confirming the trial court verdict to acquit all the accused in the case in which inmates of a bakery in Vadodara were burnt alive by rioters.

The Gujarat Government yesterday requested the Supreme Court to modify its order to transfer the Best Bakery case trial from Gujarat to Maharashtra, saying the retrial outside the State is not justified as it was not an issue before the apex court.