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A bomb blast occurred in [[Lajpat Nagar|Lajpat Nagar market]] in Delhi on 21 May 1996,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.livemint.com/Politics/jSfFsEKR3bfTBw7KoPa2QP/Lajpat-Nagar-blast-two-convicts-with-death-penalty-acquitte.html |title=Lajpat Nagar blast: two convicts with death penalty acquitted |work=[[Live Mint]] |date=22 November 2012 |accessdate=11 January 2018}}</ref><ref name="indiatoday1996">{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19960615-twin-blasts-in-delhi-and-rajasthan-leave-citizens-shaken-834594-1996-06-15 |title=A trail of terror |publisher=[[India Today]] |date=15 June 1996 |accessdate=11 January 2018}}</ref> killing 13 civilians and injuring 39 others.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.news18.com/news/india/blast-verdict-1996-delhi-blas-336281.html |title=Six convicted in 1996 Delhi blast case |publisher=News18 |date=8 April 2010 |accessdate=11 January 2018}}</ref> The blast was followed a day later by the [[1996 Dausa blast]].<ref name="indiatoday1996"/> Six members of the militant organisation [[Jammu Kashmir Islamic Front]] were convicted for the blasts.<ref name="rediff1">{{cite web|url=http://news.rediff.com/report/2010/apr/22/delhi-blasts-3-terrorists-get-death-penalty.htm |title=1996 Delhi blasts: 3 terrorists get death penalty|publisher=Rediff.com |date= |accessdate=11 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.earlytimes.in/newsdet.aspx?q=52230 |title=6 accused from J&K convicted - Early Times Newspaper Jammu Kashmir |publisher=Earlytimes.in |date=21 May 1996 |accessdate=11 January 2018}}</ref> A police investigation discovered that the bombers were in close contact with the Pakistani [[Inter-Services Intelligence]].<ref>The Politics of Counterterrorism in India: Strategic Intelligence and National Security in South Asia, p.[https://books.google.com/books?id=k5EAAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA194 194], Prem Mahadevan, I.B.Tauris, 2011</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/crime/story/19980330-arrests-of-infiltrators-point-to-isis-complicity-in-recent-wave-of-terrorist-bombings-826042-1998-03-30 |title=Trail to Pakistan |publisher=India Today|date=30 March 1998 |accessdate=11 January 2018}}</ref> On April 2012, the court awarded a death sentence to Mohammed Naushad, Mohammed Ali Bhatt and Mirza Nissar Hussain. Javed Ahmed Khan was sentenced to life imprisonment, while Farooq Ahmed Khan and Farida Dar were released by the court, adding that their imprisonment served during the trial was their punishment.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1100423/jsp/nation/story_12371091.jsp |title=Trio on death row for blast in Delhi |work=Telegraph|date=23 April 2010 |accessdate=11 January 2018}}</ref><ref name="rediff1"/> On November 2012, Delhi High Court acquitted Mohammed Ali Bhatt and Mirza Nissar Hussain, and commuted the death penalty of Mirza Nissar Hussain to life imprisonment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.firstpost.com/india/hc-acquits-two-in-death-row-for-1996-delhi-blasts-532374.html |title=HC acquits two in death row for 1996 Delhi blasts |publisher=Firstpost |date=22 November 2012 |accessdate=11 January 2018}}</ref>

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