mumbai a sessions court on friday convicted 28yearold computer engineer anees ansari and sentenced him to life imprisonment for conspiring to kill people at an american school in bandra kurla complex bkc by planning to use a thermite bomb in 2014 ansari has been in jail since his arrest on october 18 2014 ansari was found guilty under sections of the indian penal code and the information technology act special public prosecutor madhukar dalvi cited the evidence of 28 witnesses to seek ansaris conviction dalvi sought the maximum sentence of life imprisonment it was the prosecutions case that on october 19 2014 at about 8am the police received information that ansari who was working in a private company was conspiring to attack children at the american school bkc an fir was lodged at the ats police station nagpada unit based on the information ansari was arrestedthe prosecution further alleged that while working at the private company as an associate geographic technician ansari used the companys computer and set up a false facebook account under a fake name and published objectionable information it was alleged that ansari supported the activities of isis the prosecution further alleged that ansaris chats on facebook with one omar elhaji showed that he wanted to carry out a lone wolf attack at the american school the ats submitted a chargesheet against ansari on january 14 2015