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1996 Lajpat Nagar blast
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1996 explosion in Delhi
January 2018
A bomb blast occurred in Lajpat Nagar market in Delhi on 21 May 1996,http://www.livemint.com/Politics/jSfFsEKR3bfTBw7KoPa2QP/Lajpat-Nagar-blast-two-convicts-with-death-penalty-acquitte.html Lajpat Nagar blast: two convicts with death penalty acquitted Live Mint 22 November 2012 11 January 2018https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19960615-twin-blasts-in-delhi-and-rajasthan-leave-citizens-shaken-834594-1996-06-15 A trail of terror India Today 15 June 1996 11 January 2018 killing 13 civilians and injuring 39 others.http://www.news18.com/news/india/blast-verdict-1996-delhi-blas-336281.html Six convicted in 1996 Delhi blast case News18 8 April 2010 11 January 2018
Explosion
The blast was followed a day later by the 1996 Dausa blast. Six members of the militant organisation Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front were convicted for the blasts.http://news.rediff.com/report/2010/apr/22/delhi-blasts-3-terrorists-get-death-penalty.htm 1996 Delhi blasts: 3 terrorists get death penalty Rediff.com 11 January 2018http://www.earlytimes.in/newsdet.aspx?q=52230 6 accused from J&K convicted - Early Times Newspaper Jammu Kashmir Earlytimes.in 21 May 1996 11 January 2018
Investigation
A police investigation discovered that the bombers were in close contact with the Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence.The Politics of Counterterrorism in India: Strategic Intelligence and National Security in South Asia, p.194, Prem Mahadevan, I.B.Tauris, 2011https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/crime/story/19980330-arrests-of-infiltrators-point-to-isis-complicity-in-recent-wave-of-terrorist-bombings-826042-1998-03-30 Trail to Pakistan India Today 30 March 1998 11 January 2018 In April 2012, the court awarded a death sentence to Mohammed Naushad, Mohammed Ali Bhatt and Mirza Nissar Hussain. Javed Ahmed Khan was sentenced to life imprisonment, while Farooq Ahmed Khan and Farida Dar were released by the court, adding that their imprisonment served during the trial was their punishment.https://www.telegraphindia.com/1100423/jsp/nation/story_12371091.jsp https://web.archive.org/web/20180111164950/https://www.telegraphindia.com/1100423/jsp/nation/story_12371091.jsp dead 11 January 2018 Trio on death row for blast in Delhi Telegraph 23 April 2010 11 January 2018 In November 2012, Delhi High Court acquitted Mohammed Ali Bhatt and Mirza Nissar Hussain, and commuted the death penalty of Mirza Nissar Hussain to life imprisonment.http://www.firstpost.com/india/hc-acquits-two-in-death-row-for-1996-delhi-blasts-532374.html HC acquits two in death row for 1996 Delhi blasts Firstpost 22 November 2012 11 January 2018
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Category:Terrorist incidents in India in 1996
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Category:Islamic terrorism in India
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Category:Terrorist incidents during the Kashmir conflict
Category:Attacks on buildings and structures in 1996
Category:Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front