Updated Dec 23, 2020 | 13:02 IST
The then Samajwadi Party government led by Akhilesh Yadav had moved an application in the court in 2013 to withdraw the Gorakhpur blasts case, but the same was rejected. (Representational photo)  |  Photo Credit: ANI
Gorakhpur: A Gorakhpur Sessions court has sentenced Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami (HuJI) operative Tariq Qasmi to life imprisonment in connection with the serial blasts that rocked the city in 2007.
It is the fourth case in which Qasmi has been awarded a life sentence. He is presently lodged in the Barabanki district jail.
Government counsel SP Narayan Singh said: “Additional District and Sessions Judge Narendra Kumar Singh has awarded life imprisonment to Qasmi in the serial blasts case. In all, 23 prosecution witnesses were examined, of whom seven turned hostile.”
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