Archive · 1 Sep 2025
Family Affirms Innocence of Mumbai Blast Accused at Grave
In 2006, bombs went off on trains in Mumbai, killing many people.
Kamal Ahmad Vakil Ahmad Ansari was accused but always said he was innocent.
He died in prison before he could prove his innocence.
The court recently said he and others were not guilty, but it was too late for him.
His family went to his grave to read the court's decision, showing that they knew he was innocent.
They are now asking why he was wrongly accused and held in prison.
Family members read the acquittal order at the grave of Kamal Ahmad Vakil Ahmad Ansari.
Ansari was accused in the 2006 Mumbai train blasts case and died in prison.
The Bombay High Court acquitted all 12 accused, including Ansari, saying the prosecution failed.
Ansari's family visited his grave in Nagpur to assert his innocence.
The family demands accountability after Ansari's wrongful imprisonment.
- Who
- Family members of Kamal Ahmad Vakil Ahmad Ansari and community members.
- What
- Read the Bombay High Court's acquittal order at Ansari's grave.
- When
- Sunday, after Ansari's acquittal.
- Where
- Nagpur, at the Jaripatka Muslim Qabristan.
- Why
- To affirm his innocence and demand accountability after he was falsely accused.
- Event
- 2006 Mumbai train blasts
- Accused Name
- Kamal Ahmad Vakil Ahmad Ansari
- Death Year
- 2021
- Number of Accused Acquitted
- 12
- Court
- Bombay High Court
- Location of Grave
- Nagpur
- Fatalities
- More than 180