A court in India has sentenced 38 people to death for their role in a series bomb blasts in 2008 Gujarat.
The blasts in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, killed 57 people and injured hundreds more.
In the same case, an Ahmedabad court has sentenced 11 other accused to death. Convicted persons can appeal.
On July 6, 2008, about 20 bombs exploded in an hour in the markets, residential areas and public transport centers of Ahmedabad city and a number of unexploded bombs were later found.
An organization called the Indian Mujahideen, which was not very popular at the time, claimed responsibility for the attacks in an email sent to some media outlets.
In 2010, the same group was accused of attacking a German bakery in Pune, killing 17 people.
The Indian government has since declared the group a terrorist group and banned it.
A total of 78 people were tried in the Ahmedabad blasts case, with Ayaz Syed later assisting the authorities in investigating the case.
Twenty-eight people were acquitted in the case.
The court recorded 1163 eyewitness statements in the case, the Indian Express newspaper reported.
Special Judge AR Patel also ordered that each family of the victims be paid a compensation of Rs 100,000.
In 2013, Indian officials said they had foiled a plot by the accused to escape from the prison through a tunnel.
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