Telangana HC upholds death penalty for 5 in 2013 Hyderabad blasts
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Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Tuesday upheld the death penalty awarded to five senior operatives of the banned terror group Indian Mujahideen in connection with the 2013 Hyderabad bomb blasts that claimed 18 lives and left 131 injured.
A division bench comprising Justice K Lakhshman and Justice P Sree Sudha dismissed the criminal revision petitions filed by the convicts, affirming the trial court’s verdict. “The penalty imposed by the trial court is confirmed,” the bench stated in its order.
The five individuals, Indian Mujahideen co-founder Mohd Ahmed Sidibapa alias Yasin Bhatkal, Pakistani national Zia-ur-Rahman alias Waqas, Asadullah Akhtar alias Haddi, Tahaseen Akhtar alias Monu, and Ajaz Shaikh were convicted by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) special court on December 13, 2016.
The case pertains to the twin bomb blasts that ripped through Dilsukhnagar, a busy commercial hub in Hyderabad, on February 21, 2013, resulting in one of the deadliest terror attacks in the city in recent times.
With PTI inputs