2006 Mumbai Serial Blasts Victims Find Closure; 12 Convicted
A Mumbai MCOCA court today convicted 12 people accused in the 2006 Mumbai train blasts that killed 188 people.
Nine years after seven RDX bombs kept in Mumbai suburban trains exploded killing 188 people, a MCOCA court here today convicted 12 persons in the serial blasts case, as per PTI reports.
Delivering the verdict, the Special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) Judge Yatin D Shinde pronounced 12 accused as guilty while acquitting one accused Abdul Wahid Shaikh (34) in the case. The deposition made by witnesses runs into around 5,500 pages.
However, Azam Chima, along with 14 others, are still absconding in the case. Arguments for the quantum of sentence are likely to begin on Monday.
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