2000 Sabarmati Express blast : University scholar Gulzar Ahmed Wani acquitted after 16 years
Wani, who hails from Kashmir and was PhD scholar in the university before the arrest, spent past 16 years in imprisonment.
On August 14, 2000, a blast in Ahmedabad-bound Sabarmati Express had killed nine people and left several others injured.
Wani was arrested by Delhi Police in July 2001 from New Delhi Railway Station. He was later chargesheeted for 11 matters spread across Delhi, Agra, Kanpur and other places in Uttar Pradesh.
The court has already acquitted Gulzar in all other matters.
Both Wani and Mobin, another arrested person, were accused of being Hizbul Mujahideen militants, but the investigators could not find any evidence to prove the claim.
In Apri, 2017 Wani had approached the Supreme Court to seek reprieve from the prolonged trial. The Supreme Court reprimanded the police officials, saying it is a shame that an accused has been languishing in an UP jail for 16 years without bail.
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