2006 Mumbai train blasts: 5 convicts get death, life for 7 others

Nine years after the July 11, 2006 serial blasts on Mumbai local trains that left 189 dead and hundreds injured, five persons were sentenced to death while seven others were given life terms by a special court here on Wednesday. On September 11, the court had convicted 12 of the 13 accused. The prosecution had demanded death penalty for eight of the 12. Special MCOCA Judge Y D Shinde Wednesday awarded capital punishment to Kamal Ansari (41) from Madhubani, Bihar; Mohammad Faisal Ataur Rahman Shaikh (41) from Mumbai; Ehtesham Qutubuddin Siddiqui (34) from Thane; Naveed Hussain Khan (35) from Secunderabad and Asif Khan (44) from Jalgaon in Maharashtra. All of them were found guilty of planting the bombs. “They shall be hanged by their necks till they are dead,” the court ruled. The collective fine slapped on them was Rs 71.45 lakh. The court awarded death sentence on four stringent counts of spreading terror, organised crime, criminal conspiracy and murder. The men were found guilty of charges under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), MCOCA, IPC, Explosives Substances Act, 1908 and Railways Act, 1989. The seven who have been given life sentences are: Tanveer Ahmed Mohammed Ibrahim Ansari (41), Mohammed Majid Mohammed Shafi (37), Shaikh Mohammed Ali Alam Shaikh (46), Mohammed Sajid Margub Ansari (38), Muzammil Ataur Rahman Shaikh (31), Suhail Mehmood Shaikh (46) and Zameer Ahmed Latiur Rehman Shaikh (41). Indian Express