Hyderabad, Apr 8 (PTI) The Telangana High Court on Tuesday upheld a trial court's verdict giving death penalty to five senior operatives of banned terror outfit, Indian Mujahideen, involved in a bomb blast case that left 18 people killed and 131 injured in 2013.

A bench of Justice K Lakhshman and Justice P Sree Sudha dismissed the criminal revision appeal filed by the IM operatives while upholding the NIA court's judgment.

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"The penalty imposed by the trial court is confirmed," the bench said.

On December 13, 2016 the NIA court convicted the five members, including IM co-founder Mohd Ahmed Sidibapa alias Yasin Bhatkal, Pakistani national Zia-ur-Rahman alias Waqas, Asadullah Akhtar alias Haddi, Tahaseen Akhtar alias Monu and Ajaz Shaikh.

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Two deadly explosions in Dilsukhnagar, a crowded shopping area in the city, took place on February 21, 2013.

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