<p>The incident took place this morning when Sayed left his house around 0700 hours, and the assailants stabbed him with sharp weapons several times and fled, they said.</p>.<p>According to police, Sayed was rushed to V.S. Hospital by his family members but was pronounced dead on arrival by the doctors.</p>.<p>The attackers are on the run and their identity was not yet known, police said.</p>.<p>The deceased was a witness in the Naroda Patiya case, where 95 persons were killed on February, 28, 2002 during the communal violence that erupted after the Godhra train burning incident.</p>.<p>The court where the case trial was on, had recorded Sayed’s statements a couple of months back.</p>.<p>Sources close to Sayed said he was also a police informer in some cases, and his murder had some connection with the clash between the slaughter house owners and police early this week where two policemen were injured and a police jeep was torched by a mob.</p>.<p>Police said a case has been registered against the unknown persons and further investigations were on.</p>.<p>Sayed was also a RTI activist and he had raised many RTI queries on the Godhra riots and related incidents.</p>
<p>The incident took place this morning when Sayed left his house around 0700 hours, and the assailants stabbed him with sharp weapons several times and fled, they said.</p>.<p>According to police, Sayed was rushed to V.S. Hospital by his family members but was pronounced dead on arrival by the doctors.</p>.<p>The attackers are on the run and their identity was not yet known, police said.</p>.<p>The deceased was a witness in the Naroda Patiya case, where 95 persons were killed on February, 28, 2002 during the communal violence that erupted after the Godhra train burning incident.</p>.<p>The court where the case trial was on, had recorded Sayed’s statements a couple of months back.</p>.<p>Sources close to Sayed said he was also a police informer in some cases, and his murder had some connection with the clash between the slaughter house owners and police early this week where two policemen were injured and a police jeep was torched by a mob.</p>.<p>Police said a case has been registered against the unknown persons and further investigations were on.</p>.<p>Sayed was also a RTI activist and he had raised many RTI queries on the Godhra riots and related incidents.</p>