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Wednesday, September 30, 2015

2006 Mumbai train blasts case - Five sentenced to death and seven get life term Wednesday Sep 30,2015

The MCOCA court on Wednesday Sep 30,2015 sentenced five of the 12 convicts to death in the serial bombs blasts in Mumbai local trains in 2006 in which 188 people were killed.

The five convict who have been given death sentence are  - bomb planters Kamal Ahamed Ansari (37), Mohd Faisal Shaikh (36), Ehtesham Siddiqui (30), Naved Hussain Khan (30) and Asif Khan (38)

The convicts' lawyers said that they will move the Bombay High Court against the order

The Seven convicts sentenced to life are - Tanvir Ahmed Ansari (37), Mohammad Majid Shafi (32), Shaikh Alam Shaikh (41), Mohd Sajid Ansari (34), Muzzammil Shaikh (27), Soheil Mehmood Shaikh (43), Zamir Ahmad Shaikh (36)


Prosecution had demanded death penalty for 8 of the 12 accused while it sought life imprisonment for the remaining four in the MCOCA court of Special Judge Yatin D Shinde.

The accused were found guilty of several charges under IPC, Explosives Act, Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act and Indian Railway Act and those under MCOCA.

The chargesheet filed by Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) in November 2006 had named 30 accused, out of which 17 are still absconding. The absconding accused comprise 13 Pakistan nationals, include Azam Cheema, an alleged Lashker-e-Toiba member.

The ATS chargesheet had said that Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) were made in a room in Govandi in suburban Mumbai and some Pakistani nationals were also present during the bomb-making.

Seven RDX bombs had exploded in the first class coaches in many suburban trains on July 11, 2006, killing 188 people and injuring 829.
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Earlier, on September 11,2015 it had convicted 12 of the 13 accused, all allegedly having links with banned SIMI, while acquitting one
 
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