MUMBAI: The Ahmedabad crime branch picked up Imran Ahmed Batuk, an alleged conspirator in the attack on the Sabarmati Express at Gujarat’s Godhra railway station in 2002, from Malegaon, near Nashik, on Tuesday, reported The Times of India.

The train incident, while they were returning from Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, killed 59 people and had triggered nationwide sectarian violence. Till date, 94 accused have been arrested in the Godhra train carnage. Out of these, 21 were sentenced to life imprisonment and 10 were given death penalty. Later, 63 accused, including the alleged key conspirator Maulana Hussain Umerji, were acquitted. Umerji later died. After Batuk’s arrest, 13 are still absconding, said the TOI report.

near Kalol-Khadki check post, about 17 km from Godhra in Panchmahal district. Bhana was on his way to Godhra to meet his family members. He was caught after 14 years.