MCOCA court convicts 12 in 7/11 Mumbai blasts

A special MCOCA court on Friday convicted 12 and acquitted 1 in the 7/11 Mumbai Train blasts that had shocked and traumatized the city. The 12 convicted are 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) and Asif Khan (38), while Abdul Wahir Shaikh was acquitted.

Though the 12 arrested are convicted, the quantum of punishment will be pronounced by court on Monday. Over 180 have died and 800 injured in the eight RDX blasts that went on in eight minutes, one after the other.

The ATS (Anti-Terrorism Squad) had arrested the 13 men, out of which one has now been acquitted, and had claimed that ISI and Lashkar-e-Taiba had their hands and brains behind the blasts.

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