Ahmedabad blasts: Ahmedabad court sentences 38 accused to death, 11 to life imprisonment

Ahmedabad blasts: Ahmedabad court sentences 38 accused to death, 11 to life imprisonmentA court in India has sentenced 38 people to death in connection with a series of bomb blasts in Ahmedabad 14 years ago.

Ahmedabad blasts: Ahmedabad court sentences 38 accused to death, 11 to life imprisonmentA bomb blast near the Indian state of Gujarat has killed at least 57 people and injured hundreds more.A local court in Ahmedabad has also sentenced 11 accused to life imprisonment in the case and all the convicts have the right to appeal against their sentences.

The court acquitted 28 accused named in the case.A total of 78 people were prosecuted in connection with the blasts, one of whom, Ayaz Saeed, later assisted investigators.Special Judge AR Patel, who heard the case, also ordered the authorities to pay Rs 1 lakh each to the families of the victims.

On July 26, 2008, in a single hour, 20 bombs exploded in different parts of Ahmedabad, some in residential areas and some near bazaars and hospitals.In addition to the blasts, police later discovered several more bombs that did not explode.

The Indian Mujahideen had claimed responsibility for several major bombings in India, but it came to light after the September 2008 Delhi bombings.The group also claimed responsibility for a series of bombings in Ahmedabad in 2008 and an attack on a German bakery in Pune in 2010.

A statement issued by the US administration at the time stated that the organization had close ties to a number of banned terrorist organizations operating in Pakistan, including Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Muhammad and Harkat-e-Jihad-e-Islami.U.S. officials say the group has been involved in dozens of bombings in India since 2005, killing hundreds.

The group was banned by the Indian government in 2010 after the Pune attack, while the United States added the Indian Mujahideen to its list of global terrorist organizations in 2011.