Akshardham case:3 sentenced to death, 2 ten yrs RI, one 5 yrs RI

Ahmedabad, July 1 (UNI) Three accused in the Akshardham attack case were today sentenced to death by a POTA court here on charges of conspiracy and waging a war against the nation.

Two others were given ten years' imprisonment and one accused got five years RI.

Chand Khan Sajjad Khan from Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh, Mufti Abdul Qayyum Mansuri and Adam Suleiman Ajmeri were handed down the death sentences.

Mohammad Salim Sheikh and Mufti Abdul Miyan Qadri got ten years RI and Altaf Hussain Malek was given five years RI.

The six were found guilty by the POTA court for the terrorist attack on the Akshardham temple on September 24, 2002, in which 35 people including two NSG commandoes, were killed and 81 were injured.

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