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The husband and wife along with their aide who had been convicted for the 2003 Mumbai twin blasts have been sentenced to death by a special court in Mumbai on Thursday.
Mohammed Hanif Sayed, his wife Fahimida M. H. Sayed and their associate Ashrat Shafique Ansari were proved to be guilty of carrying out the Aug 25, 2003, blasts in Gateway of India and Zaveri Bazar in which 54 people were killed and 244 injured.
"This is a major jolt for the LeT (Lashkar-e-Taiba) and it is the first time in India that a family has been found guilty of carrying out terrorist operations," prosecution lawyer Ujjwal Nikam had quoted last week.
