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Six convicted for terror attack on Indian Institute of Science
Six people,
suspected to be members of terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT),
were Saturday held guilty of the attack on the Indian Institute of
Science (IISc) here in 2005 that killed a retired professor. The quantum of punishment will be announced Dec 19 by Judge V. R.
Revankar of the
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Bangalore: Six people,
suspected to be members of terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba, were
Monday sentenced to life imprisonment by a Karnataka court for a
terror attack at the prestigious Indian Institute of Science here
in 2005 that killed a retired professor.
Fast track court Judge V.R. Revankar awarded the punishment to
Mohammed Riaz-ur-Rehman of Andhra Pradesh, and Afzar Pasha,
Mehboob Ibrahim Saab Chopdar, Noorulla Khan, Mohammed Irfan and
Nazim Uddin alias Munna, all from Karnataka.
The attack was the first major terror strike in Bangalore, the
nation's tech hub housing well-known educational and research
institutions, Indian and foreign IT firms, giant public sector
factories and scores of BPOs, call centres and other IT-enabled
services.
In the attack on the evening of Dec 28, 2005, delegates coming out
of an international conference at the famed science institute in
north Bangalore were fired on, leading to the death of M.C. Puri,
a retired professor of Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi, and
injuries to four people.
Police arrested seven people Jan 14, 2006, and charged them with
sedition, terrorism and creating religious disharmony.
One accused was acquitted while the other six were found guilty by
the court Saturday.
All the seven were in central prison at Parappana Agrahara in east
Bangalore
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