Death For Four In Jaipur Serial Bomb Blasts Case

The explosions in 2008 killed 71 people; 200 were injured

Four persons convicted of the serial blasts that killed 71 people and left 200 injured in the Walled City of Jaipur in May 2008 were sentenced to death by a special court here on Friday. The four were held guilty of planting the bombs and carrying out explosions, while one of the accused, charged with sending an e-mail claiming responsibility for the blasts, was acquitted.

Special judge Ajay Kumar Sharma awarded the death penalty to Mohammed Saif, 34, Mohammed Sarwar Azmi, 36, Saifur Rehman, 36, and Mohammed Salman, 34, after convicting them on Wednesday under various sections of the Indian Penal Code, the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, and the Explosives Act, in eight cases filed by the Anti-Terrorism Squad of the police.