NEW DELHI£¬ June 17 (Xinhua) -- An Indian court Friday sentenced 11 men to life in jail for their role in a notorious massacre during the 2002 communal riots in the western state of Gujarat.

The court also handed down seven-year jail terms to 12 others who had been convicted for lesser offences in the massacre at Gulbarg Society£¬ a highrise apartment building in Ahmedabad city.

Some 69 people£¬ mostly Muslims£¬ including former Congress lawmaker Ehsan Jafri£¬ had died in the Gulbarg Society massacre after Hindu mobs attacked and set it on fire in February 2002.

Last week£¬ the court had convicted 24 out of the 66 people accused in the case. While 36 people were acquitted for lack of evidence against them£¬ five had died during trial and one is missing.

The court had£¬ during course of the trial£¬ rejected the charge of criminal conspiracy against all the 66 accused£¬ which would have entailed death penalty.

Gulbarg Society was one of massacres during the communal riots in which over 1£¬000 people£¬ mostly Muslims£¬ died. The riots were sparked by a fire on a train that killed 60 Hindu pilgrims.

Critics of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi£¬ who was then chief minister of the state£¬ accuse him of not acting during the riots.

However£¬ Modi has denied any wrongdoing.

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