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Sanjeev Kumar & Harish V Nair New Delhi, Oct 31 (PTI) Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba militant Mohammad Arif alias Ashfaq was today handed down death penalty and fined Rs 4.35 lakh by a Delhi court in the December 2000 Red Fort attack case for waging war against the country and killing three Army personnel.
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The court also awarded life imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs one lakh each to two other convicts hailing from Jammu and Kashmir, Nazir Ahmed Qasid and his son Farooq Ahmed Qasid, who also have been found guilty of waging war against the state and criminal conspiracy.
"I direct that he (Ashfaq) shall be hanged by neck till he is dead... This is a case where life imprisonment would be inadequate and ends of justice would be served only by awarding death sentence," Special Judge O P Saini said in a packed court where unprecedented security was in place in the wake of Saturday's serial blasts that claimed over 70 lives.
Terming the crime as "rarest of...
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