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Mumbai train blast verdict out: 12 convicted
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A special court on Friday pronounced 12 people guilty for the blasts that ripped through Mumbai\'s local trains on July 11, 2006, killing 189 people. One accused out of the 13 was let off.
A special court on Friday pronounced 12 people guilty for the blasts that ripped through Mumbai's local trains on July 11, 2006, killing 189 people. One accused out of the 13 was let off.
Kamal Ahamed Ansari (37), Tanvir Ahmed Ansari (37), Mohd Faisal Shaikh (36), Ehtesham Siddiqui (30), Mohammad Majid Shafi (32), Shaikh Alam Shaikh (41), Mohd Sajid Ansari (34), Muzzammil Shaikh (27), Soheil Mehmood Shaikh (43), Zamir Ahmad Shaikh (36), Naveed Hussain Khan (30), Asif Khan (38) have been convicted. One of the accused acquitted is Abdul Wahid Shaikh.
Special MCOCA judge Yatin D Shinde had concluded the trial on August 19 last year.
In a trial that lasted for eight years, the prosecution examined 192 witnesses, including eight Indian Police Service (IPS) and five Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers as well as 18 doctors.
The defence lawyers examined 51 witnesses and one person was called as a court witness. The deposition made by witnesses runs into around 5,500 pages.
Seven RDX bombs had exploded in the first class coaches of Mumbai's suburban trains on July 11, 2006, killing 189 people and injuring 829.
The blast occurred between Khar Road-Santacruz, Bandra-Khar Road, Jogeshwari-Mahim Junction, Mira Road- Bhayander, Matunga- Mahim Junction and Borivali.
Azam Chima, along with 14 others, is absconding in the case.
Examination of witnesses resumed after two years since the Supreme Court had stayed the trial in 2008.
Before the stay, the prosecution had already examined a police officer. The Supreme Court vacated the stay on April 23, 2010.
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