New Delhi: A Ghaziabad court on Monday pronounced the death sentence for Waliullah, convicted for the Varanasi bomb blasts in 2006 that had killed 28 people.
Uttar Pradesh | 2006 Varanasi serial blasts convicted terrorist Waliullah Khan sentenced to death penalty & life imprisonment.
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On Saturday, the court had held Waliullah guilty in two blasts – one at the Sankatmochan Temple and another at the cantonment railway station on 7 March, 2006.
Waliullah was convicted for murder, attempt to murder and mutilation.
On that fateful day 16 years ago, the first blast took place around 6.15 pm inside the temple. Fifteen minutes later, a bomb exploded outside a first-class waiting room at the Varanasi cantonment station.
Waliullah, given death sentence in blasts at Sankatmochan temple and Varanasi Cantonment Railway Station killing 28 in 2006. 3rd bomb found in Godaulia did not explode, he was commander in UP of (HuJI)& helped 3 Bangladeshi bombers behind the Varanasi attack to recce blast sites
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After lawyers in Varanasi refused to plead the case, the Allahabad High Court transferred it to the Ghaziabad district court.
Probe agencies claimed Waliullah was linked to a Bangladeshi terrorist outfit called the Harkat-ul-jehad Al Islami and had masterminded the blasts.
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