Ahmedabad: On the run for 14 years, key accused in the 2002 Godhra train carnage, in which 59 kar sevaks were killed, was arrested on Wednesday by the Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS). The train carnage had triggered widespread riots in the state. An ATS official said that Farooq Mohammad Bhana was one of the key accused, who hatched the conspiracy to burn the train at Godhra Railway Station on February 27, 2002. According to the Anti-Terrorism Squad officials, Bhana was a corporator in Godhra when the incident took place. To evade arrest, he then moved to Mumbai where he became a property broker. “Based on a tip-off, we nabbed Bhana at a toll plaza near Kalol town of Panchmahal district when he was going to Godhra from Mumbai today. He was the key conspirator of Godhra carnage,” an ATS official said.

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