Blasts’ case convict Tunda attacked on Karnal court premises

Karnal, October 30
Abdul Karim Tunda, who was awarded life imprisonment by a Sonepat court few days back in the 1996 Sonepat bomb blasts case, was attacked in Karnal court complex on Monday.
The assailant has been identified as Joginder, a resident of Jind, who had attacked Tunda in Karnal jail last year.
Tunda (75) was here for hearing in connection with the Karnal jail attack.
Joginder was brought from Karnal jail for the hearing in the same case, while Tunda was brought from Ghaziabad jail.
On November 30 last, Joginder along with Amandeep, a resident of Panipat, had attacked Tunda in Karnal jail, where the latter was kept for one day on the orders of a Panipat court.
The attack on Tunda has again exposed security lapses on the Karnal court premises.
A court had earlier this month awarded life imprisonment to Tunda in the Sonepat bomb blasts case.
At least 15 persons were injured in twin blasts in Sonepat in December 1996. One of the blasts took place near a cinema hall and the other near a sweets shop.
Tunda, suspected LeT bomb expert, was arrested from the Indo-Nepal border at Banbasa on August 16, 2013. He is also suspected of involvement in some other blast cases across the country, some of which are still pending.
Tunda was one of the 20 terrorists India had asked Pakistan to hand over after the 26/11 Mumbai attacks.