{"id":166796,"date":"2025-02-03T10:33:32","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T05:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=166796"},"modified":"2025-02-03T10:33:32","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T05:33:32","slug":"zakia-jafri-who-fought-legal-battle-against-modi-over-gujarat-riots-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2025\/02\/03\/zakia-jafri-who-fought-legal-battle-against-modi-over-gujarat-riots-dies.html","title":{"rendered":"Zakia Jafri who fought legal battle against Modi over Gujarat riots dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-166797\" src=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/zakiya-jjafri.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"284\" height=\"177\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ahmedabad: Zakia Jafri, known for her relentless legal battle for justice for her slain husband and other victims of the 2002 Gujarat riots, passed away at 86 in Ahmedabad, India.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kashmir Media Service, the widow of MP Ehsan Jafri fought for nearly two decades to hold officials, including then-Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, accountable for the Gulberg Society massacre, where her husband and 67 others were killed.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the Indian Supreme Court\u2019s 2022 dismissal of her plea against the clean chit to Modi and others, Zakia\u2019s fight became a symbol of resilience. 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