2006 arms haul case: MCOCA court may pronounce quantum of sentence today

July 30, 2016 11:38

The Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act court, which on Thursday held Sayed Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal and 11 others guilty in 2006 Aurangabad Arms haul case, is expected to announce the quantum of sentence for the convicts on Saturday.

While delivering the order, Special MCOCA Judge SL Anekar had accepted prosecution's case that there was a conspiracy after 2002 Gujarat riots to eliminate then Gujarat CM Narendra Modi and Vishva Hindu Parishad's Pravin Togadia.

The court acquitted eight others in the case while trial of two accused have been separated.

The 12 found guilty are: Abu Jundal, Aslam Kashmiri, Faisal Ataur-Rehman Shaikh, Afroz Khan Shahid Pathan, Sayyed Akif S Jafruddin, Bilal Ahmed Abdul Razaq, medico M Sharif Shabbir Ahmed, Afzal K. Nabi Khan, Mushtaq Ahmed M. Isaf Shaikh, Javed A Abdul Majid, M Muzafar Mohammed Tanveer and Mohammed Amir Shakil Ahmed.

On May 8, 2006, a Maharashtra ATS team chased a Tata Sumo and an Indica car on Chandwad-Manmad highway near Aurangabad and arrested three terror suspects and seized 30kg of RDX, 10 AK-47 assault rifles and 3,200 bullets.

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