Yasin Bhatkal, 4 others sentence to death for twin blasts in 2013

Hyderabad: Indian Mujahideen (IM) Senior Operative and main convict Ahmed Siddibbappa Zaraar alis Yasin Bhatkal and four others have been sentenced to death for planning and executing the twin Dilsukhnagar blasts in 2013.

A local court sentenced to death Yasin Bhatkal, Asadullah Akhtar, Tehseen Akhtar, Riyaz Bhatkal and Zia ur Rehman alias Waqas. On February 21, 2013, two simultaneous bomb explosions took place at Dilsukhnagar market here killing 18 and leaving 131 injured including a pregnant woman.