Hyderabad: Gokul Chat, Lumbini Park Twin blast case Verdict

Hyderabad: In the latest update on the verdict of twin blasts on 2007 occurred at Gokul Chat and Lumbini Park has been announced today at a special court arranged in Cherlapally jail.

The court on Tuesday pronounced two of the accused - Aneeq Shafique Sayeed and Ismail Chaudhary - guilty. Two others - Farooq Sharfuddin Tarkish and Mohd Sadiq Israr Shaik - have been acquitted. The quantum of punishment will be pronounced on Monday, September 10. The blasts were carried out by the banned outfit Indian Mujahideen (IM). The founders of IM, Riyaz and Iqbal Bhatkal, along with another accused, are absconding.

According to the investigation agency, the accused were the part of Indian Mujahideen (IM) operatives. Around eight members were found to be accused in the case in which three of them are absconding along with the IM founder.

Of the five accused, the II Additional Metropolitan sessions court on Tuesday convicted two people in connection with 2007 twin blasts case and acquitted two other people. A verdict on another person will be pronounced on Monday along with sentencing on others. Aneeq Shafique Sayeed and Mohammed Akbar Ismail Chowdhari were declared as convicted.

Around 44 people were killed in 2007 twin blasts at popular eatery Gokul Chat and Lumbini Park which also left 68 injured. However, the traffic police have disposed of another bomb which was planted in high populated area Dilsukhnagar.

The twin bombings happened 11 years ago, on August 25, 2007. Gokul Chat is located near the city’s Koti area, and Lumbini Park is near the Secretariat on Tank Bund Road. More than 150 witnesses were questioned and cross-examined during the decade-long trial, the hearing for which concluded on August 7

The blasts which are believed to have been held by the Indian Mujahideen (IM) left several people feared dead in the city.

The police arrested five people, Sayeed, Chowdhari, Farooq Sharfuddin Tarkash, Mohammed Sadiq Israr Ahmed Shaik and Tarik Anjum in the case and had sent them for Cherlapalli jail.

The accused were charged under section 302 (murder) and other relevant provisions of the IPC and sections of Explosive Substances Act.