Saturday, November 29, 2008

Death penalty for eleven in Karnataka church blast case

Bangalore, Nov 29: In a landmark verdict, a special court on Saturday awarded death sentence to 11 persons, life imprisonment to 12 and acquitted four others of a banned outfit in the sensational serial church blasts in 2000.

34th Additional City Civil and Session Judge S M Shivanagoudar (ed correct), announced the quantum of sentence on the activists of the Deendar Channabasaveshwara Anjuman, who were convicted on November 11.

The judge had deferred the announcement of the quantum of of sentence to today.

The serial explosions that rocked churches in J J Nagar, Magadi Road, Keshwapur in Hubli and Wadi in Gulbarga district, had created panic among people.

Some of the accused were nabbed while escaping in a car after carrying out a blast in J J Nagar church. Their arrest unravelled the conspiracy and led to the arrest of others by Corps of Detectives, which probed the case.

They were also accused of involvement in similar blast cases in Andhra Pradesh and Goa.

Bureau Report

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At that time, the Church blasts were blamed on Hindu organizations Subsequently the real perpetrators were nabbed and now this verdict against them -K.Venugopal - Mumbai

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