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2005-04-27 Afghanistan/South Asia

India court finds seven guilty in US centre attack

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#1 Gallows for seven in American Center attack

A city court on Wednesday handed out death penalty to Dubai-based underworld don Aftab Ansari and six others for the attack outside the American Center here that left five policemen dead five years ago.

The acting chief judge of the civil and sessions court, Basudeb Majumdar, on Tuesday found the group of seven â Ansari, Rehan Alam, Adil Hassan, Hasrat Alam, Shakil Akhtar, Musharat Hussain and Jamaluddin Nasser â guilty of using banned and sophisticated arms to kill. This is a crime under Section 27 (C) of the Arms Act and can only draw the death sentence. Public prosecutor Nabakumar Ghosh said another charge â sedition â almost always fetched capital punishment.

Ansari, apparently, was prepared for what was coming at the end of an in-camera session held under tight security. "Youâve seen all the evidence and know whether Iâm innocent. Iâm prepared for any punishment you deem fit," defence counsel Shahid Imam quoted him as saying The defence said it would go appeal against the judgment in Calcutta High Court.

The hearing began at 11:10 am, starting with Ansari, and taking about 10 minutes each with the six others. The pronouncement came around 4.50 pm. When the verdict finally came, it was the steepest death figure to be handed down in a single case. They are among the 15 chargesheeted by Kolkata Police for the American Center strike on 22 January 2002. Police are yet to lay hands on six of the accused. Two were acquitted on Tuesday. Another was killed in an encounter at Hazaribagh a week after the attack.

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