Wednesday, June 1 2005 22:14 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Ahmedabad: One person was arrested today (Jun 1, 2005) from Godhra town of Panchmahals district for his alleged role in the train carnage case where 59 kar sevaks were killed inside the S-6 coach of the Sabarmati Express train on February 27, 2002.

The arrested person was identified as Raees Meetha and he was nabbed from Godhra town itself after getting specific information about his whereabouts, Godhra police said.

Meetha was initially arrested on theft charges by a team of the anti-dacoity police and was later handed over to the Special Investigation Team (SIT) as a warrant was issued against him, police added.

However, officials did not yet specify Meetha's alleged role in the train carnage incident or conspiracy.

Gujarat police has so far arrested 106 of the 131 persons accused in this case of which some are out on bail while some of the alleged 'core group' that hatched the conspiracy are still missing.

Officials, however, claim to have in their custody the alleged prime conspirator of the case, a Godhra-based cleric Maulvi Hussain Umarji.