Ajmer blast case: Two get life imprisonment
A special National Investigation Agency court in Jaipur on Wednesday sentenced two persons to life imprisonment after holding them guilty in the Ajmer blasts case. Devendra Gupta and Bhavesh Patel were held guilty and ordered to undergo imprisonment for life.
On the last date of hearing, the court had acquitted Swami Aseemanand in the case. The court had held the deceased Sunil Joshi, Bhavesh and Devendra guiltyin the case. On October 11, 2007, a blast rocked the dargah of Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti, killing three and injuring 17 people.
The
case
witnessed
several
ups
and
downs
with
several
witnesses
turning
hostile.
The
case
was
handed
over
to
the
NIA
in
2011.
But
the
hearings
kept
being
postponed
as
the
witnesses
made
applications
delaying
their
appearance
before
the
court,
citing
threat
to
their
lives
among
other
reasons.
OneIndia News
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