Mumbai train blasts: 12 convicts to be sentenced on Monday, Sept 14

September 11, 2015 12:58

The 12 men convicted of killing 189 people in the serial blasts in Mumbai suburban trains in 2006, will be sentenced on Monday, September 14.

Nine years after the serial train bombing, a special court in Mumbai pronounced 12 accused guilty in the case on Friday.

Accused number 8 Abdul Wahid Din Mohammed Shaikh was acquitted.

The convicted are Kamal Ahmed Mohammed Vakil Ansari, Dr Tanveer Ahmed Mohammed Ibrahim Ansari, Mohammed Faisal Ataur Rahman Shaikh, Ehtesham Kutubuddin Sidduqui, Mohammed Majid Mohammed Shafi, Shaikh Mohammed Ali Alam Shaikh, Mohammed Sajid Margub Ansari, Muzammil Ataur Rahman Shaikh, Sohail Mehmood Shaikh, Zameer Ahmed Latuir Rehman Shaikh, Naveed Hussain Khan Rasheed Hussain Khan and Asif Khan.

A series of bombs had ripped across seven western suburban coaches killing 189 commuters and injuring 824 on July 11, 2006.

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