Lashkar-e-Toiba operative and 26/11 Mumbai attack plotter Sayed Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal, along with 6 other convicts have been sentenced to life in the 2006 Aurangabad arms haul case.
While two have been sentenced to 14 years in jail, three others have been sent to 8 years in jail.
While holding the 12 guilty, the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) Court had on July 28 said that the larger conspiracy behind the arms haul case was to instil fear as well as attack the then Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and Vishva Hindu Parishad leader Pravin Togadia to avenge the Godhra riots.
Apart from 12 convicted, 8 had been acquitted, one is absconding and one has turned an approver. The court had dropped MCOCA charges in the case, in which 22 people were arrested.
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