NEW DELHI (Agencies) - A panel investigating the 2002 riots in the Indian state of Gujarat has criticised the 'partisan stance of Chief Minister Narendra Modi in handling the violence. But it also said the probe had not uncovered any evidence against Modi to 'justify further action under the law. Modi rejects criticism that he did not do enough to prevent the violence. More than 1,000 people, mostly Muslims, died in the riots. The violence erupted after 60 Hindus died in a train fire. The cause of the blaze was never clearly established. Hindu groups allege the fire was started by Muslim protesters, but an earlier inquiry said the blaze was an accident. The Supreme Court set up a panel to investigate the riots in 2008, after allegations that the Gujarat government was doing little to bring those responsible to justice. The panels 600-page report has been seen by Tehelka magazine and a news agency. In spite of the fact that ghastly and violent attacks had taken place on Muslims... the reaction of the government was not the type that would have been expected by anyone, they quote the report as saying. His (Modis) implied justification of the killings of innocent members of the minority community, read together with an absence of a strong condemnation of the violence... suggest a partisan stance at a critical juncture. The report also said that Modi had showed a discriminatory attitude by not visiting riot-affected areas in Ahmedabad where a large number of Muslims were killed.