Bangladeshi held guilty in Shramjeevi Express blast

August 30, 2016 19:21

A Bangladeshi national, with links to Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami terror outfit, was today held guilty by a local court here for the 2005

Shramjeevi Express train blast which had killed 12 people and injured scores others.

Ubed-ur-Rehman, alias Babu, was held guilty by Additional Sessions Judge Buddhiram Yadav. The quantum of punishment will be pronounced tomorrow.

Earlier, another Bangladeshi and HuJI operative Alamgeer alias Rony was awarded death sentence and penalty of Rs 7 lakh by the court.

Twelve people were killed and scores others were injured when an explosion ripped apart a coach of the train near Jaunpur station in Uttar Pradesh on July 28, 2005.

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