Back in 2008, within the span of 70 mins, 22 bombs went off at various places in the city of Ahmedabad. A total of 56 people were killed in this attack, and around 200 were injured. Recently, a special court convicted 49 people in the matter, and on Friday handed the death sentence to 38 of those.

In this episode, Indian Express’ Sohini Ghosh joins host Shashank Bhargava to discuss this unprecedented verdict, and the arguments that the court looked at to arrive at it.

We also hear from Indian Express’ Parimal Dabhi who was present in the city back in 2008, and had reported on the blasts.