Zakia Jafri, Wife Of Ex-Congress MP Killed In 2002 Gujarat Riots, Dies

Zakia Jafri, whose ex-Congress MP husband was killed in the 2002 Godhra riots, died in Ahmedabad on Saturday. She was 86. She had made headlines due to her legal fight over her husband Ehsan Jafri's murder. He was among 69 persons killed inside Gulbarg Society, a Muslim neighbourhood in Ahmedabad, on February 28, 2002.

Zakia Jafri fought a protracted legal battle to hold top political leaders accountable for the alleged conspiracy for the riots post the Godhra train burning episode.

"My mother was visiting my sister's house in Ahmedabad. She completed her daily morning routine and was normally chatting with her family members when she complained of feeling uneasy. The doctor who was called in declared her dead at around 11:30 am," her son Tanveer Jafri said.