Guwahati: A special CBI court in Guwahati on Wednesday awarded life imprisonment to NDFB (R) chief Ranjan Daimary  and nine others in connection to the 2008 Assam serial blasts case.

Earlier in the day , the security had been beefed up in the Assam’s commercial capital city ahead of the pronouncement of quantum of sentence

On January 28 the special court convicted the chief of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) Ranjan Daimary and 14 others in the 2008 Assam serial bombing case orchestrated by NDFB on October 30, 2008 in Guwahati, Kokrajhar, Bongaigaon and Barpeta, killing 88 people and leaving more than 500 injured.

The CBI court has ordered the release of Nilim Daimary and Mridul Goyary as they have already served their sentence.

Daimary and 14 others were convicted on Monday under various sections of the IPC. The NDFB chief's bail was cancelled immediately after his conviction and arrested, while the 14 others were already in judicial custody.