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India 🇮🇳: Court awards death penalty to 7 of 8 Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist in Bhopal-Ujjain train blast case

Another convict was given life imprisonment.

Convicted Islamic State terrorists are the resident of Uttarpradesh + #India #Bhopal #Uttarpradesh #MadhyaPradesh

One of the terrorists in the case Mohammad Saifullah, was killed in an encounter in Dubagga area of Lucknow. 

The Bhopal-Ujjain Passenger train bomb blast was a terror attack that occurred on March 7, 2017. +

The attack were occurred at Jabri railway station in the Shajapur district of Madhya Pradesh, injuring 10 passengers. It was stated to be the first-ever strike in India by the Islamic State.

The ATS' Kanpur unit first arrested Mohd Faisal and later on other accused were nabbed +

The convicted terrorists had conducted a test blast at Ganga Ghat in Unnao. In the probe, it also came out that the they had planted a bomb on Kanpur-Unnao railway track. They had also planted bombs at different places during Dussehra (A Hindu Festival). They wanted to go to +

Jammu & Kashmir, Rajasthan & Mumbai to commit act of terrorism, according to the probe findings

Death sentences were awarded to Mohammad Faisal, Gaus Mohammad, Mohammad Azhar, Atif Muzaffar, Mohammad Danish, Mir Hussain & Asif Iqbal & life imprisonment to Mohammad Atif Iraqi +

The court had found them guilty under sections 121, 121A, 122, 123 of IPC, sections 17, 18, 18A, 18B, 23, 38 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and 3/25/35 of the Arms Act. +

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