Godhra train fire was deliberate, Sonia Gandhi's memoir claim is wrong:Ex-CBI officer Rakesh Asthana

Former CBI Special Director and former Gujarat Police Special Investigation Team (SIT) chief Rakesh Asthana has strongly rejected Congress leader Sonia Gandhi’s description of the cause of the 2002 Godhra train burning as “disputed” in her memoir, Belonging: A Journey of Love. Asthana, who investigated the incident, said the probe was conducted without any political interference and that the evidence collected established a planned conspiracy behind the burning of the Sabarmati Express coach.In an interview with ANI on Saturday, 14th November, Asthana also recalled how then Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi provided him with Muslim police officers to assist in the investigation. He said he was given complete freedom to investigate the case and that neither the Chief Minister nor the state government interfered in the proceedings.