India to execute Mumbai bomb trio
Judge MR Puranik, sitting at a special anti-terrorism court, ordered that Haneef Sayyed, his wife Fahmeeda Sayyed and Ashrat Ansari “should be hanged by the neck until dead” for murder, criminal conspiracy and terrorism. All three were convicted last week, nearly six years after two bombs exploded within minutes of each other at the Gateway of India monument and in the bustling Zaveri Bazaar jewellery quarter.
Fahmeeda, wearing black with a veil over her face, Haneef and Ansari stood impassive in the dock as the sentences were handed down. Their lawyers have indicated that they would appeal against the death penalty, which is rarely given in India and is often delayed indefinitely or commuted by the president.
