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Zaheera's sister-in-law identifies bakery accused

Last updated on: November 16, 2004 15:18 IST

Yasmin Sheikh, an eyewitness in the Best Bakery case and sister-in-law of prime witness Zaheera Sheikh, on Tuesday identified eleven accused in the case.

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Fourteen people were killed when a mob attacked the Best Bakery in Vadodara on March 1, 2002.

Yasmin
named ten accused but could not remember the name of the eleventh.

Zaheera, in a development that surprised many, had turned hostile on November 3. The trial was moved to Mumbai after Zaheera and her mother spoke of 'pressure' from the accused.

Yasmin on Tuesday told the court there were four more involved in the attack.

She said the mob was armed with swords and bamboo sticks.