7/11 verdict: Death penalty for one son, life in jail for another

Faisal’s father (right) at court. (Source: Express photo by Pradip Das)

Verses of the Holy Quran and a belief in the innocence of her sons is what Parveen held on to for nine years. She never gave up the hope of seeing her sons — convicts Faisal and Muzammil Ataur Rahman Shaikh — return home one day. But her hopes were shattered on Wednesday with the MCOCA Court imposing death penalty on her elder son, Faisal Atuar Rahman Shaikh. Muzammil was given life imprisonment.

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Faisal was allegedly head of LeT’s Mumbai unit and was convicted for being a key financier of the blasts.

Muzammil, a software engineer who worked with Oracle Corporation in Bangalore, was believed to have trained in Pakistan and recceed the local train network. “There is no Eid or Bakrid. They will get justice, for they are innocent and had no role in the blasts,” said Parveen.