IISC terror strike: 6 men found guilty, one let off

A Bangalore court has found six people guilty of abetting the attack on the Indian Institute of Science in 2005, in which one person was killed.

The court, while convicting six of the accused, acquitted one.

Mohammad Raza Ul Rehman, Afzal Pasha, Mehboob Ibrahim,Mirudin Khan, Nizamuddin and Munna have been convicted while Chand Pasha has been acquitted.

The police had identified 11 people who helped stage the IISC attack. Four of them were gunned down in an encounter at Ananthpur a couple of years ago.

G Revakara, the second fast track court judge, will pronounce the quantum of sentence on Monday.

A major part of the trial, involving the main accused Sabhauddin Ahmed and Abu Hamza, is yet to commence. The police have not yet framed charges against them.

The duo had carried out the attack, believe the police. While Hamza, who also played a role in the 26/11 attack, is in Pakistan today, Sabhauddin is lodged in a jail in Uttar Pradesh.

Sabhauddin was charged with plotting the 26/11 terror strike but was later acquitted by the Bombay high court. He is also an accused in the attack on the Central Reserve Police Force camp in Rampur.