New Delhi: Waliullah Khan, the main accused in the blasts at Sankatmochan temple and Varanasi Cantonment Railway Station that killed 28 in 2006, was given the death sentence. The verdict was handed down by the Sessions Court in Ghaziabad. 

The blasts at the Sankatmochan temple and the Varanasi Cantonment railway station, injured 100 people in addition to the dead. The third bomb found in Godaulia did not explode.

On 7th March 2006, the first blast took place at 6.15 pm inside the Sankatmochan temple in the Lanka police station. After 15 minutes, a bomb exploded outside the first-class retiring room at Varanasi cantonment railway station.

On the same day, a cooker bomb was also found near the railings of a railway crossing in DashmaVedh police station.

The court found Waliullah Khan guilty on Saturday, 16 years after the blasts.

District Sessions Judge Jitendra Kumar Sinha convicted Waliullah in two cases which were lodged under IPC sections of murder, attempt to murder and mutilation and under the Explosives Act, district government counsel Rajesh Sharma told PTI.

In all three cases, a total 121 witnesses were produced before the court.

Media was not allowed in the guarded court room at the time of pronouncing the verdict due to security concerns.