Witness identifies 7 in attack on bakery in Gujarat riots

Seventeen of the accused were paraded before a nervous 22-year-old Taufel Sheikh Siddique, who then made the identifications.

"These seven people were among the rioters who attacked the (Best) bakery and the bakery owner's house. They called us downstairs promising not to harm us, but tied our hands and legs when we descended," Siddique told the court.

"They covered us with wood, poured kerosene and set us on fire. Later, the police came and took us to a hospital," he added.

Siddique showed the court the scars of the burn and stab wounds inflicted on his body by the attackers.

The Supreme Court ordered earlier this year the retrial of the 21 men, who were acquitted during the first trial in Ahmedabad, the main city in western Gujarat state.