10 get lifer for bid to supply RDX to Khalistani outfit in 2009

A local court in Barmer today awarded life sentence to 10 persons for attempting to supply explosives and arms to a Khalistani terror outfit. The explosives were smuggled in from Pakistan but were seized by the security forces in 2009 before it could be handed over to the Khalistani outfit.

Barmer (Rajasthan): A court in Barmer on Tuesday sentenced 10 persons to life imprisonment in a case related to the recovery of huge amount of explosives and arms, intended to be delivered to a Khalistani terrorist organisation in 2009.

In September 2009, the local police and other security agencies had seized around 15 kilos of RDX, and other arms and ammunition in Barmer district's Maroodi, situated near the Pakistan border.

"Local smugglers had been tasked with taking the explosives, foreign pistols and other arms and ammunition, which were brought in from Pakistan, and delivering it to Babbar Khalsa," said Kamal Khan, an advocate.

However, the smugglers were nabbed before they could hand over the supplies to Babbar Khalsa, a Khalistani terrorist organisation.

The trial in the court went on for 11 years, and the 10 accused finally were given life sentence today. The accused were convicted under various provisions of the law, including the Arms Act and the Explosives Act.

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