Forty-five-year-old Farookh Dhantiya, one of the accused in setting Sabarmati Express train on fire close to the Godhra railway station in February 2002 was arrested by the Crime Branch officials from his home in Godhra on Friday.
In the Godhra carnage occurred on February 27, 2002 as many as 58 people were killed. Dhantiya was nabbed by the police from his residence near Issac mosque in Signal Falia, barely a kilometer from the railway track where S6 coach of Sabarmati Express was burnt a mob.
He has been absconding since the incident. He will be handed over to the Special Investigating Team (SIT), formed to investigate the incident.
It is worth mentioning that on July 16, the crime branch had arrested Kadir Abdul Gani from Godhra town while Hussain Suleman Mohan was held from Jhabua in Madhya Pradesh on July 23.
