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Hizbul man gets life term for conspiracy to target temples, RSS campus

LUCKNOW A Lucknow court on Tuesday sentenced a Hizbul Mujahideen operative to life in prison for conspiracy to execute blasts at Kanpur’s Siddhi Vinayak temple in UP and RSS office in Hojai district of Assam, said National Investigation Agency officials. The accused was awarded rigorous and life imprisonment in the Hizbul Mujahideen terror conspiracy case, said an NIA official. These included one absconding accused, Osama Bin Javed, who was later killed in an encounter with security forces in September 2019 and a Lumding-based arms dealer Abhimanyu Chauhan, also arrested in the terror conspiracy case. The official said the NIA Special Court sentenced Qamar-uz-Zama to life imprisonment under Section 121A of the IPC for waging war against Government of India and life Imprisonment under Section 18 of the UA Act.

Hindustan Times

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