Indian court convicts Pakistan militant, 6 others over Red Fort attack
Special Correspondent
Oct. 24, 2005

A Delhi court today convicted Pakistan-based Lashkar-i-Toiba militant Mohammad Arif alias Ashfaq and six others in the December 2000 Red Fort attack case. The court acquitted four others.

Additional Sessions Judge OP Saini convicted Ashfaq for waging war against the government of India, murder, criminal conspiracy, cheating, forgery, and under Foreigner's Act, and Explosives and Arms Act.

His wife, Rehmana Yusuf Farooqi, has been convicted for waging war against the country, criminal conspiracy and providing shelter to Ashfaq.

Matloob Alam, Nazir Ahmed Qasid and his son Farooq Ahmed Qasid, Babar Mohsil Bagahwala and Sadaqat Ali were convicted for criminal conspiracy and forgery.

Those acquitted are Rajiv Kumar Malhotra, Moolchand Sharma, Devender Singh and Shahenshah Alam.

The court will announce the quantum of sentence on 29 October.

Two Lashkar-i-Toiba militants had stormed the 17th-century monument on 22 December 2000 and killed two jawans [soldiers] and a civilian.

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