Hussain Umarji was a cleric from the city of Godhra in the western Indian state of Gujarat accused of being the 'key conspirator' of a conspiracy which led to the arson of the Sabarmati Express at the Godhra railway station on 27 February 2002. He was later acquitted by the courts for lack of evidence.
A graduate from Darul Uloom Deoband, Hussain was a prominent leader of the Deobandi-Tableegh Jamaat movement in the Godhra region.
Hussain was a prosperous timber merchant married to Shabira and had six children, two daughters Fatima and Afsa, and four sons, two of whom are Amin and Saeed.