In the case of Mumbai serial blast 1993, a special TADA court has been ruled on seven accused, including gangster Abu Salem, on Friday. The court has convicted 6 accused, including Abu Salem, while acquitting an accused Abdul Kayyum.

The court has pronounced verdict on the accused one by one. Apart from Abu Salem, Mustafa Dosa, Firoz Abdul Rashid Khan, Tahir Merchant, Karimulla Khan and Riaz Siddiqui have also been convicted. Salem has been found guilty of bringing arms to Bharuch from Mumbai. Mustafa Dosa has been found guilty of murder, conspiracy and terrorist activities. Feroze Abdul Rashid Khan has been found guilty of conspiracy and murder. Tahir Merchant was found guilty of involvement in the plot of the conspiracy.

The TADA court believes that Mustafa Dosa, Abu Salem, Tahir Merchant and Firoz Khan were the main conspirators. The court has fixed June 19 for the next date of hearing.

The seven accused included Salem, Mustafa Dosa, Karimulla Khan, Firoz Abdul Rashid Khan, Riaz Siddiqui, Tahir Merchant and Abdul Kayyum. These seven were arrested between 2003 and 2010 and were charged with criminal conspiracy, war against the government and murder. In this case this is the second phase of hearing. Earlier, in the first phase of the hearing in 2007, the TADA court convicted hundred accused in this case, while 23 were acquitted. The hearing of these seven accused was separated from the main case as they were arrested while the main hearing ended.

Although it can definitely be said that Abu Salem is also hanged, he will not be hanged. Actually, during the extradition treaty, the condition was laid that Abu Salem could not be hanged, no case will be run separately from the current 9 cases, punishment will not be given for more than 25 years and will not be assigned to any other country.

Let me tell you that there were 13 serial blasts in Mumbai in 1993. In the blast, 257 people were killed, while 713 were seriously injured. Apart from this, property worth Rs. 27 crores was destroyed. Salem was accused of carrying arms from Gujarat to Mumbai. Salem handed over AK 56 rifles, 250 cartridges and some hand grenades to actor Sanjay Dutt, who was accused of illegally possessing arms, on January 16, 1993, at his residence. Two days later, on January 18, 1993, Salem and two others went to the house of Sanjay Dutt and returned from there with two rifles and some bullets.

Underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and Memon brothers were considered to be masterminds of this attack. While Dawood Ibrahim, Tiger Memon and Ayub Memon are absconding, Yakub Memon was captured. Yakub was hanged in the Nagpur jail on July 30, 2015.

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