The verdict on the Hyderabad twin blasts (Gokul Chat and Lumbini Park) case was announced by the court in August 2018. How many years later the verdict was delivered.
The verdict on the Hyderabad twin blasts (Gokul Chat and Lumbini Park) case was announced by the court in August 2018. How many years later the verdict was delivered. Correct Answer 11 years
The correct answer is 11 years.
Key Points
- Hyderabad twin blasts (Gokul Chat and Lumbini Park) case 2007
- On August 25, 2007, a blast at a popular eatery, Gokul Chat, killed 32 people, while 10 more died at the open-air theatre at Lumbini Park, a few metres from the state secretariat.
- The Telangana Counter Intelligence (CI) cell, which was probing the blast, had named seven persons as accused in three separate charge sheets during the course of the investigation.
- Nearly 170 witnesses were examined and cross-examined during the trial.
- In August 2013, the Metropolitan Sessions Judges (MSJ) court had framed charges against Anique Shafiq Syed, Mohammed Sadiq, Akbar Ismail Choudhary, and Ansar Ahmed Badshah Sheikh - all alleged Indian Mujahideen operatives.
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They were charged under Section 302 (murder) and other relevant provisions of the IPC and sections of Explosive Substances Act and also with regard to recovery of an unexploded bomb found under a foot overbridge at Dilsuknagar area.
Additional Information
- https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/after-11-years-court-to-deliver-verdict-in-hyderabad-twin-blasts-case-1323615-2018-08-27
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