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A special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court has issued a production warrant against Indian Mujahideen co-founder Yasin Bhatkal and six others in connection with the 2011 Mumbai triple blasts case.

The court in Mumbai directed that all the seven accused be brought before it on the 27th of this month.

In July, 2011, explosions at Opera House, Zaveri Bazaar and Dadar West in Mumbai had claimed 26 lives and injured 130 others. Police had said, Indian Mujahideen carried out the blasts and Bhatkal played an important role in procuring the explosives.

Last month, a special NIA court in Hyderabad had awarded capital punishment to Bhatkal and four others in a case related to twin blasts in Dilsukhnagar area in February 2013. 18 people were killed in the attack.