Special court convicts Aurangabad arms haul accused Abu Jundal and others

Abu Jundal is also an accused in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack case.

The special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court upheld the prosecution's claim and said, “This was a conspiracy after the 2002 Gujarat riots to eliminate then Gujarat CM Narendra Modi and VHP leader Pravin Togadia,” reported Hindustan Times.

The special court acquitted eight others in the case while trial of two accused have been separated, media reported.

However, the court dropped MCOCA charges in the case, in which 22 people, including Lashkar-e-Toiba operative Sayed Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal, were arrested.

In May 2006, a Maharashtra anti-terrorist squad recovered  30 kg RDX, 10 AK-47 rifles and 3,200 rounds of ammunition from one of the vehicles they had chased down the highway near Auranhabad. Although the police arrested three suspects, Abu Jundal, who was in the second car, managed to flee, reportedly escaping to Pakistan.

The Saudi Police picked up Jundal for questioning in June 2012. He was brought to India later. He led ATS 

On May 8, 2006, a team of Maharashtra anti-terrorist squad (ATS) chased two cars on the Chandwad-Manmad highway near Aurangabad and arrested three terror suspects.
The ATS recovered 30 kg RDX, 10 AK-47 rifles and 3,200 rounds of ammunition from one of the vehicles. Jundal, who was in the other car, managed to flee and was believed to have escaped to Pakistan.

The Saudi police picke dup Jundal for questioning in June 2012. A year later, Jundal was brought to India. He led the ATS to another hideout from where 13kg RDX, 1,200 cartridges and 50 hand grenades were recovered, media reported.

The special court framed charges against the 22 arrested accused in August 2013.