Abu Jundal, 11 others were convicted in 2006 Aurangabad arms haul case by the MCOCA courtLeT operative and 26/11 key plotter Abu Jundal, and six others were on Tuesday sentenced to life imprisonment by the special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court in the 2006 Aurangabad arms haul case. Prounoucing the sentence, the court said that all the seven convicts will serve imprisonment till their (natural) life. The Indica, allegedly driven by Jundal, managed to give police the slip. Also, two other convicts--Mohammed Mujaffar Tanvir and Dr Mohammed Sharif-- were handed out 14 years of imprisonment while three others--Mushtaq Ahmed, Javed Ahmed and Afzal Khan were awarded eight years imprisonment. Jundal, who hails from Beed district of Maharashtra, drove to Malegaon and a few days later he escaped to Bangladesh from where he fled to Pakistan, according to the state police.

Source: dna August 02, 2016 07:11 UTC