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"Red Fort attack: Pakistani sentenced to death (INDIA WoT)"
The Indian Express / PTI ^ | Monday, October 31, 2005 at 1505 hours IST | The Indian Express
Posted on 10/31/2005 3:37:40 AM PST by CarrotAndStick
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "New Delhi, October 31: A Delhi court on awarded death sentence to Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorist Mohammad Arif alias Ashfaq, convicted in the December 2000 Red Fort attack case.
Additional sessions judge O P Saini awarded life imprisionment to two key conspirators Nazir Ahmed Qasid and his son Farooq Ahmed Qasid, who were held guilty of waging war against the state along with Ashfaq.
Ashfaq's Indian wife Rehmana Yousuf Farooqui, who was held guilty of harbouring the main accused, has been given a seven-year jail term.
Accused Bagar Mohsin Baghwala, Sadaqat Ali and Matloob Alam, who were pronounced guilty by the special judge on October 24 along with the other four accused, have also been sentenced to seven-year rigorous imprisonment.
Baghwala and Sadaqat Ali were held guilty of providing shelter to main accused Ashfaq, while Matloob Alam was convicted of criminal conspiracy, cheating and forgery.
The court also slapped a fine of Rs one lakh each on Ashfaq, Nazir and Farooq and Rs 20,000 each on rest of the accused.
Ashfaq and five other terrorists had sneaked into the17th century Mughal monument around 2100 hours on December 22, 2000 and opened indiscriminate fire, killing two jawans of Rajputana Rifles and a civilian.
While convicting the accused the court said, "it has been established beyond doubt" that the conspiracy to attack the Red Fort was hatched at Farooq and Nazir's house in Srinagar, where Ashfaq had arrived in 1999 along with three other LeT militants.
The three militants Abu Shaad, Abu Bilal and Abu Haider, who had also entered the monument, were earlier killed in separate encounters.
"These facts speak unmistakably and loudly that these people conspired to wage war against the government of India", the judge said.
"The foreign national and his accomplices had entered into the Indian territory with a view to subvert the functioning of the government and destablise the society," the special judge said."