A bomb blast occurred on a bus near Samleti village in
Dausa,
Rajasthan
Rajasthan (; lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population. It is on India's northwestern si ...
on 22 May 1996. The blast, which took place a day after the
1996 Lajpat Nagar blast, killed 14 people and injured 37 others. The chargesheet filed about the incident stated that the individuals responsible were associated with the
Jammu and Kashmir Islamic Front
Jammu is the winter capital of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is the headquarters and the largest city in Jammu district of the union territory. Lying on the banks of the river Tawi, the city of Jammu, with an area of , ...
, and that some of the accused had been involved in the Sawai Man Singh Stadium blast.
[Bandikui court sentences one to death, six others to life imprisonment in 1996 Dausa bus bomb blast , The Indian Express]
/ref> The district and sessions court in Bandikui sentenced Abdul Hamid, one of the accused, to death, and sentenced six others to life imprisonment, while acquitting the remaining individual charged with the incident for lack of evidence against him.
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Terrorist incidents in India in 1996