A court in Hyderabad has found two alleged Indian Mujahideen operatives guilty in the 2007 twin bomb blasts at Gokul Chat and Lumbini Park in Hyderabad which killed 44 lives and left 68 injured.?
The quantum of sentence for the two men, Mohammed Akbar Ismail Chowdhari and Aneeq Shafique Sayeed will be pronounced on Monday.?
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Two other accused, Farooq Sharfuddin Tarqash and Mohammed Sadiq Israr Shaik were acquitted by the court along with the verdict on a fifth accused.?
Two others chargesheeted by the Counter Intelligence (CI) wing of the Telangana Police, Riyaz Bhatkal, and Iqbal Bhatkal are still absconding.?
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The accused were charged under section 302 (murder) and other relevant provisions of the IPC and sections of Explosive Substances Act in connection with the twin blasts on August 25, 2007, and also with regard to the recovery of an unexploded bomb found under a foot overbridge at Dilsuknagar area.
According to the prosecution, Aneeq Shafique Sayeed allegedly planted the bomb at Lumbini Park while Riyaz Bhatkal planted the bomb at Gokul Chat while the unexploded bomb was planted by Ismail Chowdhari.
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Tarik Anjum is accused of giving shelter to the other accused after the blasts. The nearly simultaneous blasts at the popular eatery Gokul Chat killed 32 people and left 47 injured, while 12 others died and 21 were injured at the open air theatre at Lumbini Park, a few meters away from the state secretariat in the blasts.