Mumbai train blast verdict today

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Mumbai, Sep 11 , 2015, DHNS: Nine years after serial bombing in suburban trains claimed more than 200 lives and injured 800, a special court in Mumbai is set to deliver its verdict in the case on Friday.

The blasts took place on July 11, 2006, Tuesday. It was one of the worst and gruesome terror attacks in Mumbai.

The serial blasts, carried out in a span of just 11 minutes, targeted the crowded suburban train services during the evening peak hours as bombs kept in pressure cookers went off on the Western Railway network between Churchgate and Virar.

The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) investigated the terror attack which was sponsored by Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT). As many as 13 accused stood trial before a Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court.

The crowded trains bound for Borivli and Virar were targeted on the Western Railway with orchestrated blasts – in the evening peak hours – in gents’ first-class compartments. The commuters mostly included executives, businessmen and persons in employment at various levels in government as well as private establishments besides college students.

The LeT executed the carnage with the support of local recruits from the outlawed Students Islamic Movement of India (Simi).