Meerut, May 27 -- A court in Moradabad district sentenced Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Ulfat Hussain, alias Mohammad Saiful Islam, to 10 years in prison and imposed a fine of Rs.48,000 for his role in planning terrorist attacks in the district.

The sentencing marks the culmination of a two-decade-long case involving the recovery of a massive cache of weapons and explosives intended for attacks on religious sites and crowded public places, said additional district government counsel Suresh Singh on Tuesday.

According to the case details, on July 9, 2002, a police team led by the then Katghar police station in-charge KS Talan, arrested Ulfat Hussain, a resident of Fazalabad in Surankote, Poonch district, Jammu & Kashmir, along with three a...