DEATH PENALTY FOR 11 IN KARNATAKA CHURCH BLAST CASE

a special court in India awarded the death sentence to 11 people, life imprisonment to 12 and acquitted four others of a banned outfit in the sensational serial church blasts in 2000.
34th Additional City Civil and Session Judge S M Shivanagoudar announced the sentence on the activists of the Deendar Channabasaveshwara Anjuman, who were convicted on November 11. The serial explosions rocked churches in J J Nagar, Magadi Road, Keshwapur in Hubli and Wadi in Gulbarga district. Some of the accused were nabbed while escaping in a car after carrying out a blast in J J Nagar church.
Their arrest unravelled the conspiracy and led to the arrest of the others. They were also accused of involvement in similar blast cases in Andhra Pradesh and Goa.