2007 Hyderabad bomb blasts case:  Two of the five accused in 2007 Hyderabad twin blasts case were held guilty by a special court on Tuesday. While two more accused were acquitted in the case by the court today. The two who were convicted are – Aneeq Shafeeq Sayeed and Ismail Chaudhari, ANI reported. The quantum of punishment will be announced on Monday.

The judgement has come eleven years after the twin bomb blasts rocked the city of Hyderabad that claimed 44 lives and left 68 injured. The court said that it will pronounce its verdict on the fifth accused on Monday.

The judgment was likely to be delivered on August 27 but second Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge T Srinivas Rao deferred the judgment to September 4.

Those arrested - Mohammed Akbar Ismail Chowdhari, Aneeq Shafique Sayeed, Farooq Sharfuddin Tarkash, Mohammed Sadiq Israr Ahmed Shaik and Tarik Anjum - were produced before the court on August 27 through video conferencing from Cherlapalli Central Prison, where they are currently lodged.

What is 2007 Hyderabad twin blasts case?

On August 25, 2007, two bombs had exploded simultaneously in the city. The first bomb exploded in Lumbini Amusement Park, the second bomb exploded in Gokul Chat Bhandar. Two more bombs were also defused in other parts of the city.

The Counter Intelligence (CI) wing of the Telangana Police had investigated the case and arrested five accused, all alleged Indian Mujahideen operatives. The agency had filed four charge sheets against the five accused and also named two other absconding accused, Riyaz Bhatkal and Iqbal Bhatkal.