Death Sentence To 38 Out Of 49 Convicts In 2008 Ahmedabad Serial Blasts

Friday, 18 February 2022newsdesk

Thirty-eight out of 49 convicts have been sentenced to death by a special court in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts case. Nearly 80 accused were on trial. The terror attack in 2008 in the city in Gujarat killed 56 people.

New Delhi, 18 February 2022

As per news report of NDTV, Special court judge AR Patel also sentenced 11 other convicts in the case to life imprisonment till their death. On February 8, a Gujarat court convicted 49 accused and acquitted 28 others in the case. The court had ended the trial in the more than 13-year-old case in September last year. Over 200 were injured in 21 bomb blasts that hit Ahmedabad city within a span of 70 minutes on July 26, 2008. The police had claimed people associated with the terror outfit Indian Mujahideen (IM), a faction of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), were involved. It was alleged Indian Mujahideen (IM) terrorists had planned and executed these explosions as a revenge for the 2002 post-Godhra riots in Gujarat.

Source - NDTV