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2004 Jalna Mosque bomb attack
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The 2004 Jalna Mosque bomb attack involved two separate crude bomb explosions at local mosques in Jalna, Maharashtra on 27 August 2004.'Bomb blasts' at Indian mosques http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3605078.stm 18 August 2016 BBC News 27 August 20047 December 2010 Hearing in Jalna Mosque Bomb Blast Case Begins http://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/hearing-in-jalna-mosque-bomb-blast-case-begins/704074 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160829024600/https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/hearing-in-jalna-mosque-bomb-blast-case-begins/704074 29 August 2016 18 August 2016 Outlook According to senior police officers, the first blast occurred at Kadriya Masjid in Jalna at 1:45 pm, and the second explosion happened just 15 minutes later at another mosque on the outskirts of Poorna town in Parbhani district.Chaudhary Praveen Kumar Communal Crimes and National Integration: A Socio-legal Study 2011 Readworthy 9789350180402 108 https://books.google.com/books?id=YsL-7mlzEY8C&q=Jalna+Mosque+bomb&pg=PA108 18 August 2016 en The attacks took place during Friday prayers and resulted in 18 people being injured.Bomb attacks, arson in Maharashtra; 18 hurt http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040828/main1.htm 18 August 2016 The Tribune (Chandigarh) 4 August 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150804070958/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040828/main1.htm dead On 18 July 2012, all seven accused were acquitted by a district and sessions court due to lack of evidence.Lack of proof bails out 7 Jalna blast suspects http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToPrint_TOINEW&Type=text/html&Locale=english-skin-custom&Path=TOIM/2012/07/20&ID=Ar01202 18 August 2016 The Times of India https://web.archive.org/web/20160828034624/http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib%3ALowLevelEntityToPrint_TOINEW&Type=text%2Fhtml&Locale=english-skin-custom&Path=TOIM%2F2012%2F07%2F20&ID=Ar01202 28 August 2016 dead
Trial and Accused
Prime accused Rakesh Dhawade and his five accomplices were produced before Judge K Y Tenge.
According to the prosecution, Dhawade, who hails from Pune, and his accomplices - Yogendra Deshpande, Gururaj Jayra Tutewar, Rahul Manohar Pande, Sanjay, Maroti Wagh, and Vittalrao Chowdhari - all residents of Nanded, on 27 August 2004, allegedly hurled a crude bomb in Qadariya Masjid during Friday prayer. Twelve persons were injured in the blast.
On the first day of the hearing, the court recorded the statements of four witnesses.June 2025
Dhawade and others are also accused in the Nanded, Parbhani, and Malegaon blast cases.
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Category:Improvised explosive device bombings in Maharashtra
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Category:Attacks on mosques in the 2000s