Ajmer Sharif Dargah bombing | |
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Location | Ajmer, Rajasthan, India 26°27′25″N 74°37′40″E / 26.45694°N 74.62778°E |
Date | 11 October 2007 18:12 IST (UTC+5.30) |
Target | Dargah of Moinuddin Chishti[1] |
Attack type | Bomb in a Tiffin carrier[2] |
Weapons | Improvised explosive device |
Deaths | 3 |
Injured | 17[2] |
Verdict | Life imprisonment and fine |
Convictions | Devendra Gupta, Bhavesh Patel and Sunil Joshi |
The Ajmer Dargah bombing (also called the Ajmer Sharif blast) occurred on 11 October 2007, in the courtyard of Sufi maulana Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer, Rajasthan, India, after the Iftar period had started. On 22 March 2017 a Special NIA Court convicted three Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh pracharaks Devendra Gupta, Bhavesh Patel and Sunil Joshi.[3][4][5] Sunil Joshi and Devendra Gupta were found guilty on charges of conspiracy and Bhavesh Bhai Patel was found guilty of planting the explosive on the blast site. Gupta and Patel were awarded life imprisonment.[5] Sunil Joshi had been found shot dead in mysterious circumstances soon after the blast in Dewas, Madhya Pradesh.[6]
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