NIA particular courtroom on Monday sentenced the 4 accused to dying Nine individuals convicted in 2013 serial blasts In which six individuals had been killed on the venue of an election rally addressed by the then Gujarat Chief Minister and BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi.
NIA Special Judge Gurvinder Singh Mehrotra, who on October 27 convicted the 9 convicts, sentenced the 2 different accused to life imprisonment, together with 10 years rigorous imprisonment and one other seven years in jail.
According to Special Public Prosecutor Lalan Prasad Singh, showing for the NIA, Haider Ali, Noman Ansari, Mohammad Mujibullah Ansari and Imtiaz Alam have been given dying sentence.
“The court took a serious look at the serial blasts which were aimed at causing huge damage to innocent people,” Singh advised reporters exterior the courtroom.
“Two others – Umar Siddiqui and Azharuddin Qureshi – had admitted their involvement throughout the trial. Considering his confession, the courtroom didn’t give him dying sentence however solely sentenced him to life imprisonment.
Notably, 5 of the convicts – Haider Ali, Mohammad Mujibullah Ansari, Imtiaz Alam, Umar Siddiqui and Azharuddin Ansari – had been sentenced to life imprisonment in reference to the serial blasts that rocked the worldwide pilgrimage metropolis of Bodh Gaya three years in the past . A couple of months earlier than the blasts at Gandhi Maidan in Patna.
Singh stated that of the remaining three convicts, Ahmed Hussain and Mohammad Firoz Aslam have been sentenced to 10 years rigorous imprisonment, whereas Iftikhar Alam has been sentenced to seven years in jail.
The NIA had filed a chargesheet towards a complete of 11 individuals in reference to the Patna blasts on October 27, 2013, when Modi – the then chief minister of Gujarat – was addressing his first public assembly in Bihar.
One of them was a minor and his case was referred to the Juvenile Justice Board. Another individual was acquitted by the courtroom for lack of proof.
Six individuals had been killed and a number of other others had been injured in a collection of low-intensity explosions and the ensuing stampede.
No terrorist group claimed duty, but it surely was suspected that banned outfits SIMI and Indian Mujahideen had been behind the incident.
“NIA argued its case forcefully and with restraint. In addition to the statements of witnesses, electronic evidence was placed on record. It was established that the criminals were involved in the conspiracy which was hatched in Raipur and thereafter explosives were prepared in Ranchi,” Singh stated.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
