Death sentence for five men responsible for 2006 Mumbai train blasts

Five people have been sentenced to death for planning a series of bomb blasts that ripped through Mumbai's busy commuter rail system killing more than 180 people.

The men were responsible for planting and detonating seven bombs which exploded on packed trains and station platforms on July 11, 2006 during the evening rush hour in Mumbai.

More than 180 people were killed, and 80 injured, when the co-ordinated explosions were detonated within 15 minutes of each other in the city's Matunga, Khar, Mahim, Jogeshwari, Borivali and Mira Road districts.

Seven other men, who were also convicted for the blasts, were given life sentences.

More than 180 people were killed, and 80 injured, when the co-ordinated explosions were detonated Credit: REUTERS/Arko Datta

According to reports at the time, the bombs were packed into seven pressure cookers and put in bags in a deliberate attack on the city's overcrowded suburban network.