2002 Gujarat riots
Konewar jirgin kasa a Godhra a ranar 27 ga watan Fabrairun shekarata 2002, wanda ya yi sanadiyar mutuwar mahajjata Hindu 58 da karsevak da suka dawo daga Ayodhya, shi ne ya haddasa tashin hankalin.     

A cikin Shekarar 2012, an wanke Modi daga hannu a cikin tashin hankalin da Teamungiyar Bincike na Musamman (SIT) da Kotun Koli ta Indiya ta nada. A cikin watan Yuli shekarata 2013, an yi zargin cewa SIT ta danne shaida.  A watan Afrilun Shekarata 2014, Kotun Koli ta nuna gamsuwarta game da binciken da SIT ta yi a lokuta tara da suka shafi tashin hankali, kuma ta yi watsi da karar da ta yi adawa da rahoton SIT a matsayin "marasa tushe". 

Ko da yake an rarraba shi a matsayin tarzomar 'yan gurguzu a hukumance, abubuwan da suka faru a shekarar  Malaman da ke nazarin tarzomar a shekarar  2002 sun bayyana cewa an shirya su ne kuma sun zama wani nau'i na tsarkake kabilanci, kuma gwamnatin jihar da jami'an tsaro na da hannu a rikicin da ya faru.