Mangaluru, Apr 10: A local court in Mangaluru has convicted three persons in a nine year old controversial case registered in Ullal police station.
The III Additional District and Sessions Court judge Pushpanjali on Monday convicted Ahmed Bava alias Abubakkar from Haleyangady, Sayed Mohammed Naushad from Subhash Nagar, Pandeshwar and Fakir Ahmed from Uchila in Udupi district.
The quantum of punishment will be pronounced on April 12.
The judge, however, acquitted Javed Ali, Mohammed Ali, Moulana Shabbir Bhatkal and Mohammed Rafeeq, among whom three were already out on bail.
Police had arrested seven persons from Mangauru taluk and others parts in 2008 and after a prolonged enquiry filed chargesheet against them under sections of Unlawful Activities Prevention Act.
The police have claimed that they had recovered illegally stored explosives from a house. In the chargesheet, the police have also made a mention of presence of suspected Indian Mujahideen operative Yasin Bhatkal and three other persons in the house in Ullal.
The arrest spree had started on October 3, 2008 in Mangaluru taluk. 20-year-old Javed Ali, and his 60-year-old father Mohammed Ali were dragged out of their house at Ullal in a pre-dawn operation carried out jointly by Mumbai Police with the help of Karnataka Anti-Naxal Force and the Dakshina Kannada district Police, on October 3, 2008.
Later the police arrested five others: Fakir Ahmed, Moulana Shabbir Bhatkal and Mohammed Rafeeq, Ahmed Bava alias Abubakkar and Sayed Mohammed Naushad from different parts.
Comments
Add new comment