Former Mumbai Police Commissioner AN Roy, who had a role in the investigations into the 2006 Mumbai train blasts case, has welcomed the MCOCA court verdict convicting 12 of the 13 accused.
Reacting to the verdict soon after it was pronounced by Judge Yati D Shinde on Friday, Roy said he was happy that the court had endorsed the chargesheet submitted after thorough investigations by Mumbai police and Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS).
“I am happy the way investigations were conducted. Investigations were done throughly by the Mumbai Police and the ATS. To start with it was a blind case. We had no clue. But I am satisfied with the verdict. Out of the 13 accused who were tried, 12 have been convicted while one is acquitted,” he said, shortly after the MCOCA Court pronounced the verdict.
Subash Kamble, who was travelling on a train from Bandra on July 11, 2006, felt the judgement had come too late but expected that the convicts would get the strictest punishment when the quantum of sentence is pronounced on next Monday.
“It is too late. We demand death penalty for the guilty. Those who are still out, Government should take swift action and convict them,” Kamble said.