A special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime court on Thursday found terror suspect Zabiuddin Ansari, widely known as Abu Jundal, guilty in connection with a 2006 arms haul case in Aurangabad. The case is related to an alleged conspiracy by 22 individuals who had procured a huge amount of arms and explosives with the intention of eliminating then Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi after the communal riots in the state. The court said the incident was part of a larger conspiracy to "strike terror", ANI reported.

On May 8, 2006, a team of Maharashtra Anti-Terrorist Squad chased two cars on Chandwad-Manmad Highway near Aurangabad and arrested three terror suspects. While Abu Jundal was driving a Tata Indica car, Mohammed Aamir Shakil Ahmed, Mohammed Juber Sayyed Anwar and Abdul Azeem Abdul Jameel Shaikh alias Raja were travelling in the other vehicle, reported The Hindu.

The police found 30 kg of RDX packed in the central processing unit of a computer, 10 AK-47 assault rifles and 3,200 bullets in the car Jundal was driving. He is currently lodged in the Arthur Road jail in Mumbai for his role in the 26/11 Mumbai terrorist attack.