Thursday, August 11, 2011: The Ernakulam NIA court here on Thursday convicted the first accused Thadiyantavida Nazir and fourth accused Shafaz in the Kozhikode twin blast case. The verdict will be delivered Friday. Third accused Halim and ninth accused Yusuf were set free by the court. The Kozhikode blasts has taken place on 3rd March ,2006 in two bus stands of the city. Two policemen and a porter were injured in the blasts.
A breakthrough in the Kozhikode blast case came after Abdul Sattar alias E T Zainuddin, an electronics engineer and a native of Malappuram who is based in Hyderabad, was arrested in January 2008 on charges of making the timer-fitted bombs which were used in the Bangalore blasts of July 2008.
He exposed LeT operative Thadiyentvida Nazir’s role in the Kozhikode blasts which is believed to have been carried out as a curtain- raiser for the Bangalore blasts. Meanwhile, Abdul Halim, another accused who was arrested by the police, confessed that the blast was planned by Nazir.
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