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IN PICS | 7 Images That Show The Aftermath Of 2008 Ahmedabad Serial Blasts

By : ABP News Bureau | Updated at : 18 Feb 2022 01:06 PM (IST)

In this image, Indian forensic experts collect evidence from the blast site outside the Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad on July 27, 2008 (Getty)

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A special court in Gujarat pronounced death sentence on 38 out of 49 convicts in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial bomb blast case, on February 18, 2022. (Image, Indian forensic experts collect evidence from the blast site outside the Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad on July 27, 2008 - Getty)

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The blasts hit Ahmedabad on July 26, 2008, within a span of 70 minutes. This is an image of a destroyed vehicle after the serial bomb blasts in Ahmedabad, Gujarat in 2008 | Photo: Getty Images

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The blasts were similar to the Bangalore blasts that occurred in Karnataka the day before. In this image, a policeman (R) walks past a bomb blast site outside a hospital in Ahmedabad on July 27, 2008. | Photo: Getty Images

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As many as 56 people were killed and over 200 people were injured in the blasts. Indian eye surgeon Dharmesh Modi (R) examines injured Soni Hasmukhlal Vrajlal at The Shri C.H. Nagari Municipal Hospital in Ahmedabad on July 31, 2008, after he was injured in a bomb blast in the western Indian city on July 26, 2008. | Photo: AFP

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The then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh sanctioned an ex gratia payment of Rs 100,000 to the next of kin of the dead, and an additional compensation of Rs 50,000 for those injured in the blasts. This is an image of the then Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (C) and then Chief Minister of the Indian state of Gujarat, Narendra Modi (R) visiting a blast victim at the talk civil hospital in Ahmedabad on July 28, 2008. | Photo: AFP

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As many as 200 people were injured in the blast. This is an image of a bomb blast victim receiving treatment at hospital in Ahmedabad on July 27, 2008. | Photo: AFP

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Similar to the Jaipur bombings that occurred on May 13, 2008, the bombs were planted in Tiffin carriers on bicycles. In this image, a police-man holds out ball-bearings at the site of a blast at Naroda Bazar in Ahmedabad on July 26, 2008. | Photo: AFP

Published at : 18 Feb 2022 01:06 PM (IST)

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