Court sentences 38 to death for 2008 Ahmedabad Serial Blasts, 11 get life imprisonment
A special sessions court of Ahmedabad has awarded death sentences to 38 out of the 49 accused in the serial bombings in Ahmedabad in 2008. The Remaining 11 accused were sentenced to life imprisonment. Former Student Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) leader Safdar Narogi is among those convicted. The en masse death sentencing of people convicted of terrorism by an Indian court is unprecedented. 14 years ago, on July 26, 2008, in the span of about 70 minutes, 22 bombs went off at various places in Ahmedabad city including at the Gujarat government-run Ahmedabad Civil Hospital, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation-run LG Hospital, in buses, on parked bicycles, and in cars. Fifty-six people were killed and around 200 were injured in the mega-terror strike. Ahmedabad was the third city to be bombed that year, after Jaipur in May and Bengaluru just the day before. Read More