December 18, 2019 3:37 am
A special POTA court in Ahmedabad in September had granted regular bail to the alleged prime conspirator of the 2002 Akshardham Temple attack, subject to several conditions.
July 27, 2019 4:08 am
Mohammad Yasin Butt, an alleged operative of terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba, had fled to Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK) after the attack, officials said.
July 26, 2019 10:10 pm
Thirty-three persons, including a National Security Guard (NSG) commando, died when two terrorists opened fire inside the Akshardham temple complex here on September 24, 2002.
November 26, 2018 6:58 pm
Two armed terrorists had attacked the temple in Gandhinagar, killing 30 people and injuring eight on September 24, 2002. The attack followed the Godhra riots in the same year.
November 06, 2017 3:46 am
A special Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) court asked Ahmedabad City Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) to question Ajmeri in jail for 10 days, if required
November 05, 2017 7:19 am
Ajmeri is one of 28 people accused by the DCB of carrying out the September 24, 2002, attack on the Akshardham temple in which more than 30 people were killed.
August 13, 2017 2:11 pm
In May 2014, Ajmeri, who had been sentenced to death in 2006, was one of six men acquitted by the Supreme Court in the 2002 Akshardham temple attack. The court had pulled up the Gujarat police for framing innocents and the then state home minister of “non-application” of mind
May 23, 2015 12:23 pm
Bullets would whizz past his right, his left. Never striking, only striking fear. Once, they poured petrol in his anus. And on another occasion, they gave him electric shocks in his private parts.
October 30, 2014 1:32 am
Those acquitted include Adambhai Ajmeri, Abdul Qaiyum and Chand Khan, all of whom were serving a death penalty before the SC verdict.
August 11, 2014 9:48 am
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