[3] The charred dead bodies were handed over to him by the executive magistrate of Godhra, allegedly at the behest of his senior officers, to be transported to Ahmedabad.
[4] They were transported in 5 trucks, along with a police escort, to Sola Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad, reaching there at 4 A.M. on 28 February.
Patel testified to the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) that the BJP MLA's Maya Kodnani and Amit Shah visited the hospital the next morning, and the Hindu mobs gathered at the hospital "thrashed them" for the inability of the Government to protect the karsevaks.
Investigating officers subsequently produced alibis for the two accused, claiming that they were at the Sola Civil Hospital at the time of the massacres.
[7] Mobile phone records placing Kodnani and Patel at the scene of the riots were buried by the police.