Six convicted in Lajpath Nagar blast case, four acquitted

Six out of ten suspected members of banned terror outfit Jammu and Kashmir Islamic Front were today convicted by a Delhi court for their varying roles in the 1996 Lajpat Nagar blast case.



"I convict six accused in this case. Now the matter is fixed for April 13 for advancing of arguments on quantum of sentence," District and Sessions Judge S P Garg said while pronouncing the verdict in a packed court room.

Out of the ten accused, those convicted are Mohd Naushad, Mohd Ali Bhatt, Mirza Nissar Hussain, Javed Ahmed Khan, Farooq Ahmed Khan and a woman associate Farida Dar.

The remaining four -- Mirza Iftikhar, Latif Ahmed Waza, Syed Maqbool Shah, and Abdul Gani -- were acquitted of all the charges for want of sufficient evidence.