JUSTICE TEWATIA REPORT ON GODHRA COUNCIL FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AND HUMAN RIGHTS, A-208, Surajmal Vihar, Delhi 110 092 Phone 2374816 /Fax 2377653 / Email rjournal@ndf.vsnl.net.in)
One Shri Haji Bilal, a Congress member of Nagarpalika, who has been booked by the police as the executor of the carnage, has been, according to locals, proudly proclaiming himself to be "Bin Laden of Godhra".
President of the District Congress Committee, Farooq Malla and Congress activist and member of Godhra Nagarpalika, Abdul Rehman Dhatia, are amongst those booked for the carnage giving credence to reports that local Congressmen were actively involved in the burning of the train.