Mumbai, On Thursday, a special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court is likely to give a verdict into the 2006 Aurangabad arms haul case where 22 accused had procured huge amount of arms and explosives to allegedly target political leaders accused for the 2002 Gujarat riots.

It all began on May 8, 2006, when the Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) of Maharashtra Police got a tip off that a huge consignment of arms and ammunition was being shifted from one location to the other.

The ATS stopped a four-wheeler on the Chandwad Manmad highway and on searching the vehicle, found approximately 30 kilos of RDX, 10 AK 47 rifles and 3200 cartilages. The three accused were also arrested.

There was another vehicle that the ATS tried to stop but the car managed to flee. According to the ATS, the runaway vehicle was being driven by Zaibuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal who managed to reach Pakistan and was later became a key operative of the Lashkar-e-Taiba.

Earlier, the trial had been stayed by Supreme Court after one of the accused had challenged the constitutional validity of certain provisions in the MCOCA invoked on the accused.

The stay was lifted in 2009. In 2013 the ATS filed a charge-sheet against all the accused for plotting various terror strikes since 2006.