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'Pakistani' gets death in Delhi bus blast case
 A Delhi court sentenced a Pakistani to death on Wednesday for causing a bomb explosion in 1997 in a crowded bus, killing four people and injuring 24. Additional Sessions Judge OP Saini found convict Muhammad Hussain alias Zulfiqar alias Abdul Hassan, a native of Okara's Jindrakhar village in Pakistan, guilty of the crime and handed down the capital punishment after calling it a "rarest of rare" case. The court also fined Muhammad Hussain Rs 5,000. A bomb went off on a bus in West Delhi on December 30, 1997, injuring 28 passengers. Four of the injured later died in hospital, police said. A city court had discharged accused Abdul Rehman, Azhar Ahmed and Maqsood Ahmed in the case for want of evidence. Another accused, Abdul Karim alias Tunda, was absconding, police added. Posted by: Fred 2004-11-04 |
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