A Mumbai court has awarded the death sentence to all three accused in the 2003 twin Mumbai blasts at Gateway of India and Zaveri
Bazaar.
Hanif Syed, his wife, Fehmida, and third conspirator Ashrat Ansari were convicted for planting the bombs on August 25, 2003 that left 54 dead.
Syed and Fehmida have been found guilty of planting the bomb at Gateway of India. Ansari delivered the bomb at Zaveri Bazaar. Special prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam has called it a ‘‘rarest of rare’’ case in which the trio had ‘‘enjoyed their act of killing’’. Nikam said they had been unhappy with smaller blasts that resulted in low death tolls and hence used RDX for the twin blasts.
Mohammad Hanif, convicted for plotting two coordinated Mumbai blasts in August 2003. (TOI File)
