Ahmedabad blasts: Convicts were highly educated, knew how to mislead cops, says court

The convicts in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts case knew how to mislead investigators and it was not easy to gather evidence against them as they are highly skilled and educated, the court noted in its verdict.

The convicts in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts case knew how to mislead investigators and it was not easy to gather evidence against them as they are highly skilled and educated- some of them doctors, professors and computer experts- the special court noted in its verdict sentencing 38 Indian Mujahideen cadres to death and giving life terms to 11 others.

In the order- the copy of which was uploaded on the website of the special court on Saturday, a day after the verdict- special judge AR Patel stated that despite difficulties, the investigating officers collected a large amount of evidence against the accused.

The evidence, along with the surrounding circumstances, would form the basis for the judgement, the court said.

On July 26, 2008 evening, as many as 21 blasts ripped through Ahmedabad city killing 56 people and injuring over 200 within 70 minutes.

"It came to the notice of this court during the course of the proceedings over the last five years that the accused are highly skilled in every aspect- they are educated, with some of them being doctors, professors, and computer experts, and having committed crimes in other states, with cases against them going on in these states.

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"The accused are such that to get information out of them to reach at the root of the crime is a highly difficult job. Despite this, investigating officers have gathered much evidence against them, which would form the basis of the judgement along with the circumstances surrounding them," the court noted.