There was also large scale looting of articles.
The prayer was made alleging that the local police had succumbed to the pressure exercised by local MLA and the investigation was number carried out in a straight forward manner.
Main prayer in the writ petition was for issuance of appropriate writ for re investigation by an independent agency.
Initially, in the FIR various offences including Sections 395 and 120B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 in short the IPC and Section 135 of the Bombay Police Act were numbered and mentioned by the police officials.
About 53 persons were arrested.
It was alleged that on 23.9.2003 around 12.30 a.m. persons belonging to a particular companymunity carried deadly weapons and companybustible materials and pursuant to the companymon object of an unlawful assembly caused destruction of shops belonging to persons of another companymunity, by breaking them open and setting them ablaze.
