Reacting to the SIT's closure report, Zakia said she was "pained" and vowed to continue her battle for justice.
"In the court of the Lord above, justice can get delayed but not denied. I am sure that truth will come out and I will get justice," she said.
Acknowldeging that the path ahead was difficult, she said," court follows the truth and I have full faith in it." "It is a huge disappointment as the SIT has filed a closure report, worst fears have come alive," Teesta Setalvad of the NGO Citizen for Peace and Justice, working for the riots victims, said.
"Amicus Curiae Raju Ramchandran had also submitted a report on the SIT findings, we have to see that whether that report has been included by the SIT in the final report submitted to the metropolitan magistrate," Setalvad said.
Setalvad said the court should hear them before taking a final decision on the SIT report. Tanvir, son of Eshan Jafri, said he had the apprehension about the SIT filing a closure report. "It is SIT which is saying that ( there is no evidence against Modi) and not the court. We had this fear that they are going to file a closure report.
"SITs judgement (sic) is not of any value if magistrate decides against it. It may take time but we are going to fight it out," he said. BJP leader Yatin Oza, however, described the closure report as "a big slap" on the face of those who have been criticising Modi "at the behest of our opponents".