Mohali, June 5 -- A special NIA court in Mohali on Thursday sentenced three Kashmiri students to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) for conspiring to wage war against the Government of India and for offences involving arms, ammunition and explosives linked to the banned terror outfit Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind (AGH).

The trio, Zahid Gulzar, Yasir Rafiq Bhat and Mohammad Idrish Shah , were convicted on June 1 under Sections 121-A (conspiracy to wage war against the Government of India ), 122 (collecting men, arms or ammunition with the intention of waging war) and 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC, Sections 18 and 20 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for conspiracy, abetment of a terrorist act and membership of a terrorist o...