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2002 AKSHARDHAM TERROR ATTACK NEWS

2002 Akshardham attack: Court allows ‘prime conspirator’ to stay in Kashmir for three months

December 18, 2019 3:37 am

A special POTA court in Ahmedabad in September had granted regular bail to the alleged prime conspirator of the 2002 Akshardham Temple attack, subject to several conditions.

Gujarat Akshardham attack’s ‘prime conspirator’ held in J&K

July 27, 2019 4:08 am

Mohammad Yasin Butt, an alleged operative of terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba, had fled to Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK) after the attack, officials said.

Akshardham attack's `prime conspirator' held in J-K by Gujarat ATS

July 26, 2019 10:10 pm

Thirty-three persons, including a National Security Guard (NSG) commando, died when two terrorists opened fire inside the Akshardham temple complex here on September 24, 2002.

Accused in 2002 Akshardham temple attack in Gujarat arrested

November 26, 2018 6:58 pm

Two armed terrorists had attacked the temple in Gandhinagar, killing 30 people and injuring eight on September 24, 2002. The attack followed the Godhra riots in the same year.

2002 Akshardham temple attack: Court denies police Ajmeri’s custody

November 06, 2017 3:46 am

A special Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) court asked Ahmedabad City Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) to question Ajmeri in jail for 10 days, if required

Three years after all arrested acquitted, 'conspirator’ held in Akshardham case

November 05, 2017 7:19 am

Ajmeri is one of 28 people accused by the DCB of carrying out the September 24, 2002, attack on the Akshardham temple in which more than 30 people were killed.

‘I will never be free’

August 13, 2017 2:11 pm

In May 2014, Ajmeri, who had been sentenced to death in 2006, was one of six men acquitted by the Supreme Court in the 2002 Akshardham temple attack. The court had pulled up the Gujarat police for framing innocents and the then state home minister of “non-application” of mind

Terror taint off, man acquitted in Akshardham case details ‘torture’ in book

May 23, 2015 12:23 pm

Bullets would whizz past his right, his left. Never striking, only striking fear. Once, they poured petrol in his anus. And on another occasion, they gave him electric shocks in his private parts.

Jamiat to seek penalty for officers for trying to frame six Muslims

October 30, 2014 1:32 am

Those acquitted include Adambhai Ajmeri, Abdul Qaiyum and Chand Khan, all of whom were serving a death penalty before the SC verdict.

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August 11, 2014 9:48 am

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