INCARCERATED FOR A CRIME THEY DID NOT COMMIT

DELHI SERIAL BLASTS

October 29, 2005: Bombs explode in Sarojini Nagar, Kalkaji, and Paharganj. 67 people killed. People arrested: Mohammad Rafiq Shah and Mohammad Hussain Fazili among three arrested Arrested in: 2005 February 2017: Trial court in Delhi acquits Shah and Fazili of all charges framed against them Number of years spent in jail: 12

AKSHARDHAM ATTACK

September 25, 2002: Assailants open fire at the Akshardham temple in Gujarat. 33 killed People arrested: Six men from the minority community are arrested in the case Arrested in: 2003 2014: Supreme Court acquits all six of all charges. In 2006 a POTA court had convicted all six Number of years spent in jail: 11

SERIAL TRAIN BLASTS

December 5-6, 1993: Five bomb blasts in trains at Kota, Hyderabad, Surat, Kanpur and Mumbai. People arrested: Nasiruddin, his elder brother Zaheer and their neighbour Mohammad Yusuf Arrested in: 1994 May 2016: All three acquitted of all charges. In 2004, a TADA court had awarded life imprisonment Number of years spent in jail: 22

MALEGAON BLASTS

September 8, 2006: Blasts outside a cemetery near a mosque in Malegaon, near Nashik. 37 killed People arrested: Nine men from the minority community, suspected to be associated with SIMI Arrested in: 2006 April 2016: Mumbai sessions court acquits all nine of all charges, after NIA takes the case in 2011 Number of years spent in jail: 10

JAISHEMOHAMMAD CASE

September 2006: Delhi police special cell sleuths detain a Kashmiri youth at Delhi’s IGI Airport People arrested: Parvez Ahmed Radoo, a research assistant in Pune Arrested in: October 2006 June 2013: A trial court in Delhi acquits him of all charges, after police fails to prove Radoo guilty Number of years spent in jail: 7