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2007 Ajmer blast convict Bhavesh Patel hailed as hero on home return post bail

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2007 Ajmer blast convict Bhavesh Patel hailed as hero on home return post bail
Source: Indian Express

40-year-old Bhavesh Patel, man who was sentenced life imprisonment for alleged involvement in the 2007 Ajmer dargah blast, was welcomed and hailed with full honour on his home return to Bharuch after he was granted bail by Rajasthan High Court last week.

Patel was granted life imprisonment along with Devendra Gupta of Ajmer by a Jaipur court in August 2017. However, after the lawyers argued that the men had been convicted on the basis of “human probability… circumstantial evidence… conjectures,” the Rajasthan High Court had granted him bail last week.

According to several media reports, crowd including office bearers from the Bharatiya Janata Party and Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) gave a grand welcome to the convict Patel at the Bharuch railway station. On his arrival, Patel was accompanied by his brother Hitesh and others who had gone to Jaipur to complete the bail procedure. The 40-year-old clad in saffron was carried on shoulders by locals at the procession which was attended by BJP’s Surbhiben Tamakuwala, president of the Bharuch municipality, Councillor Marutisinh Atodariya, VHP’s Viral Desai and local RSS members, as per the reports from Indian Express.

The Ajmer Dargah bomb blast occurred on October 11, 2007 just before ‘Iftar’ at the shrine that is popularly known as Ajmer Sharif. The bomb was placed inside a tiffin carrier and had claimed three lives while 17 others were left injured. A National Investigation Agency (NIA) court found Sunil Joshi and Devendra Gupta guilty on charges of conspiracy and Bhavesh Bhai Patel was found guilty of planting the explosive on the blast site.

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