Hyderabad: The NIA court on Tuesday convicted five terrorists of the Indian Mujahideen, including Yasin Bhatkal in the 2013 Hyderabad blasts case in Dilsukhnagar. The quantum of sentence would be pronounced on December 19.
This is the first time that a verdict has been handed down against an Indian Mujahideen terrorist.
Investigations and trials are proceeding in about half a dozen other cases involving Yasin Bhatkal.
At least 17 people were killed and more than 130 others injured in the twin blasts in Dilsukhnagar on February 21, 2013. The court had examined over 157 witnesses in the case.
During the probe, Yasin Bhatkal was picked up by the NIA on the Indo-Nepal border along with Asadullah on August 29, 2013. Tehseen and Zia were arrested six months later.
The NIA claimed that Asadullah, Zia and Tehseen conducted a recce of the city and decided to target Dilsukhnagar because it was a predominantly Hindu area.
The NIA said the accused carried out the blasts under instruction from their top boss Riyaz Bhatkal, who is in Pakistan.
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