A special court here on Friday convicted SIMI activist Abu Faizal alias doctor for murdering an ATS constable Sitaram Yadav in Khandwa in 2009. The court is scheduled to pronounce the quantum of punishment on Saturday.

Special Additional Sessions Judge BS Bhadoria found Faizal, who is in judicial custody and attended the hearing from Bhopal Central Jail via video conference, guilty under section 302 (murder) of IPC for the killing of constable Sitaram Yadav in 2009 in Khandwa district. He has also been convicted under different sections of IPC and Arms Act.

The court also found Faizal’s accomplice Mahtab guilty of supplying arms to him which were used for killing the constable. Mahtab was convicted under sections 25 of Arms Act. Mahtab was out on bail and had come to the court, from where he was sent to jail.

Faizal became agitated and started shouting when the court pronounced him guilty.

While talking to media persons, special public prosecutor Naresh Gupta said Faizal, with the help of four others, had shot dead Yadav. Of them, three are absconding and another one has died. Faizal was arrested two years ago by Indore police. Heavy police force was deployed at the district court here. The two convicts would be brought to the court on Saturday.

Faizal allegedly masterminded the jailbreak in Khandwa in October 2013 and was apprehended two months later. Two other SIMI activists were killed by police in encounter in Nalgonda in Telangana in April. It was alleged Faizal was part of a criminal conspiracy which was hatched in MP to open fire on BJP leader Pramod Tiwari in 2008. He actively participated in organizing terror camps for local youths in Indore, Baroda and Kerala after March 2008. He has also admitted to having handed over `4 lakh to a lawyer to defend former SIMI boss, Safdar Nagori.