ahmedabad serial bomb blast Big news: 38 people sentenced to death in Ahmedabad bomb blast series case, 11 sentenced to life imprisonment ..

Ahmedabad Ahmedabad: At least 38 people have been sentenced to death in a series of bomb blasts in Ahmedabad in July 2008. Eleven people have been sentenced to life imprisonment. The verdict was handed down by a special court in Ahmedabad. Justice has been served after 14 years. Considering the sensitivity of the matter, a strong police contingent has been deployed in the Korean area. The court had convicted 49 accused in the case. His sentence was set for February 18.

The bombings took place in 2008 in different parts of Ahmedabad. Special Judge A. R. Patel’s court had fixed February 18 for the verdict. The court ruled in the case today. Ahmedabad was rocked by a series of bomb blasts on July 26, 2008. In this case, 49 out of 78 accused were convicted under UAPA (Unlawful Activities Prevention Act). Ayaz Syed, one of the accused in the case, has been acquitted. Besides, 29 persons have been acquitted due to lack of evidence.

56 killed in bomb blasts

At least 56 people were killed in 70 minutes of bomb blasts in Ahmedabad. More than 200 people were injured in the blasts. The case has been pending in the court for more than 13 years. Last week, a special court convicted 49 people and acquitted 28 others. The court also ordered that Rs 1 lakh be given to the relatives of those killed in the bomb blasts, Rs 50,000 to the critically injured and Rs 25,000 to the minor injured.

29 bombs did not explode

Gujarat’s Surat police had seized 29 bombs from different parts of the city between July 28 and July 31, 2008. Of these, 17 bombs were in Varachha area and others in Katargam, Mahidharpura and Umra areas. Investigations revealed that the bomb could not have exploded due to a faulty circuit and a detonator.

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Case against 77 accused

The trial against 77 accused was completed in September last year. One of the 78 accused in the case was a government witness. Police claim that the accused is associated with the terrorist organization Indian Mujahideen. It was alleged that the bombing was planned by Indian Mujahideen terrorists to avenge the 2002 Godhra riots.

Police had managed to nab 30 terrorists in just 19 days. The rest of the terrorists were later captured from various cities in the country. The same team of Indian Mujahideen had also carried out blasts in Jaipur and Varanasi before the bomb blasts in Ahmedabad. Police from several states in the country were involved in apprehending him. But they bombed one after another. On the second day of the Ahmedabad bomb blast, on 27 July 2008, there was an attempt to carry out a series of bomb blasts in Surat. But due to a malfunction in the timer, they could not explode.

There were 15 complaints in Surat and 20 in Ahmedabad. A total of 78 people were arrested from various cities across the country. The search for the other eight accused involved in the blast is still on. The mastermind of the series, Yasin Bhatkal, is lodged in Delhi Jail while Abdul Subhan alias Tauqeer is lodged in Cochin Jail.