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NIA Court Convicts 10 People In Connection With 2013 Serial Blasts At Narendra Modi's Rally In Patna
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Oct 27, 2021, 03:54 PM | Updated 03:45 PM IST
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A special NIA court on Wednesday convicted 10 persons in connection with the serial blasts that took place in 2013 in Patna at the venue of a political rally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was then the chief minister of Gujarat.
Special NIA judge Gurvinder Mehrotra, who passed the order, also acquitted one of the accused for want of evidence.
The NIA had submitted charge-sheets against 11 people in the course of investigation. Of these, one was a minor and his case was referred to the juvenile justice board. The remaining were put on trial.
Today, all but one were convicted. The quantum of sentence will be pronounced on 1 November, Special Public Prosecutor Lalan Prasad Singh, who appeared for the probe agency, told PTI-Bhasha.
Those who were pronounced guilty are Imtiaz Ansari, Mujibullah, Haider Ali, Firoz Aslam, Omar Ansari, Iftekhar, Ahmed Husain, Umair Siddiqui and Azharuddin. The court acquitted Fakhruddin, he added.
The blasts had taken place at the Gandhi Maidan on 27 October 2013 when the BJP's 'Hunkar Rally' addressed by Modi, who had been declared the party's prime ministerial candidate, was underway.
The explosions and the ensuing stampede had claimed six lives, while scores were injured.
Although no terror outfit claimed responsibility for the serial blasts, the involvement of SIMI and its new avatar, the Indian Mujahideen, have been suspected.
(This story has been published from a wire agency feed without modifications to the text. Only the headline has been changed.)
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