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A Session Court here today held Syed Ahmed Basha, the founder of the Al-Umma, guilty of conspiring and transporting bombs in the 1998 Coimbatore serial bomb blasts case.
Coimbatore, Aug. 1 : A Session Court here today held Syed Ahmed Basha, the founder of the Al-Umma, guilty of conspiring and transporting bombs in the 1998 Coimbatore serial bomb blasts case.
However, the court acquitted Abdul Nasser Madani, the leader of the Kerala-based People's Democratic Party.
The court has begun the pronouncement of verdict, nine years after 12 blasts, rocked the city on February 14, 1998, killing 58 people and injuring over 200. The blasts were targeted at a venue where senior BJP leader L K Advani was to address a party meeting.
The court will begin pronounce the quantum of sentence from August 6.
Investigations have blamed the Al-Umma and the Jehad Committee for carrying out these attacks.
In April 2000, a Special Court was formed to try the cases, and in the same year (October), charges were framed.
The trial started in March 2002, and has till date examined 1,300 witnesses out of a total of 2,345.
Arguments began in June 2006 and ended on April 10, 2007.
The Special Investigation Team of Tamil Nadu Crime Branch-Criminal Investigation Department, which probed the cases, has argued that "Operation Allahu-Akbar", was part of a conspiracy to eliminate Advani.
ANI
