- The police chargesheet claims eight jerrycans of petrol were poured on the floor of the S-6 compartment by as many as seven people. It says the petrol was stocked in the Muslim-dominated Signal Falia area, a little outside the Godhra station, and used to torch the train.
- The police present the Godhra incident as a pre-planned conspiracy, as part of which a mob waited in and around the station to attack the train. Depositions by railway officials say there was no such mob; people gathered only later in small groups of 10 or 15.
- The police 'investigation' also says that people from outside pelted stones at the S-6 compartment, while several others hopped on to the train, ruptured the rubber vestibule and burnt the coach.
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- The police had earlier said a mob splashed petrol from jerrycans into the compartment, hurled burning rags and set the S-6 bogie on fire. There was no mention of the fire being ignited by someone inside.