Hyderabad, Sep 4 : A court here on Tuesday held two accused guilty in the 2007 Hyderabad twin bomb blasts which had claimed 42 lives. Two other accused were acquitted while the fate of a fifth accused will be decided next week.
The Second Metropolitan Sessions Court held Anique Shafiq Syed and Akbar Ismail Choudhary, both alleged operative of Indian Mujahideen (IM) guilty. The quantum of punishment will be announced on September 10.
Farooq Sharfuddin and Sadiq Ahmed Sheikh were acquitted for lack of evidence.
Public Prosecutor Seshu Reddy told reporters that the verdict in the case relating to fifth accused Tariq Anjum will be pronounced on Monday.
The near simultaneous bomb blasts at Gokul Chat, a popular eatery, and at Lumbini Park, near the State Secretariat, also injured over 50 on August 25, 2007.
An unexploded bomb was also recovered under a foot-over bridge at Dilsukhnagar.
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Raichur: Four people, including three students, were killed when a tyre of the Cruiser vehicle they were traveling in burst, resulting in the vehicle rolling sideways on the stretch near Arginamara Camp in Sindhanur taluk on Tuesday night.
The deceased have been identified as Hayavadana (18), Sujayedra (22) and Abhilash (20), who were students of the Guru Sarvabhauma Samskrita Vidyapeetha in Mantralaya, Andhra Pradesh, and cruiser driver Kamsali Shiva (24). Ten other travelers were seriously injured and are being treated at the Sindhanur Taluk Hospital.
The accident occurred while the group was traveling from Mantralaya at attend an event for the worship of Narahari Theertha near Anegundi in Koppal district. The vehicle tyre burst near the Sindhanur Vaishnavi Devi Gudi Cross on the Raichur-Sindhanur main road. As a result, the driver lost control of the vehicle, which toppled on the road.
A case has been registered at the Sindhanur Traffic Police Station in this regard. The officers are investigating.