Overview

• Zakia Jafri was the widow of former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri, who was killed alongside 68 others in the 2002 Gujarat riots at Gulbarg Society in Ahmedabad.
• She dedicated years to a legal fight alleging a larger conspiracy behind the riots, including accusations against then Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and others.
• Her petition led to the Supreme Court forming a Special Investigation Team (SIT), which ultimately gave Modi and 63 others a clean chit in 2012, citing lack of prosecutable evidence.
• In 2022, the Supreme Court dismissed her appeal challenging the SIT’s findings, calling it devoid of merit.
• Jafri passed away at the age of 86 while visiting her daughter's home in Ahmedabad; her death was confirmed by her son, Tanveer Jafri.