VHP leader Atul Vaidya, who was convicted in Gulbarg society massacre case of 2002 riots, has been granted bail by Gujarat High Court.

Vaidya was convicted and sentenced to seven years imprisonment in the case involving brutal massacre of 69 people at Gulbarg society in Ahmedabad. Among those killed in the minority community dominated society in North Ahemedabad included former Congress parliamentarian Ehsan Jafri also.

The High Court held that Mr Vaidya’s petition challenging his conviction is pending before the court and he already served one year in jail so a regular bail can be granted to him. He is the first convict to get a regular bail in the case in which 23 persons were convicted by the special SIT court in 2016.