In 2005 , he served as chairman of the committee constituted by the Government of India on the fire in Sabarmati Express at Godhra in the state of Gujarat , that led to 59 deaths . He concluded that the fire was accidental and not started by the Muslim mob . Dismissing the later ruling of an Ahmedabad court that there was a conspiracy involved to set the train on fire , Justice Banerjee stood by his findings and the evidence of an accidental fire
Sabarmati Express
Godhra train burning
Umesh Chandra Banerjee