Where did you get the 2000 figure?
2002 Gujarat riots
the
Sabarmati Express, returning from
Ayodhya to Ahmedabad, was stopped near the
Godhra railway station. Several of the passengers were
Hindu pilgrims, returning from Ayodhya after a religious ceremony at the site of the demolished
Babri Masjid.
[28][29] Under controversial circumstances, four coaches of the train caught fire, trapping many people inside. In the resulting conflagration, 59 people, including 25 women and 25 children, were burned to death.
[30]
the riots resulted in the deaths of 790 Muslims and 254 Hindus; 2,500 people were injured non-fatally, and 223 more were reported missing.
It is estimated that 200 police officers died while trying to control the violence, and
Human Rights Watch reported that acts of exceptional heroism were committed by Hindus,
Dalits and tribals who tried to protect Muslims from the violence.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_Gujarat_riots