1993 mumbai blasts abu salem gets life term, 2 others get death sentence

1993 Mumbai blasts: Abu Salem gets life term, 2 others get death sentence

1993 Mumbai blasts: Abu Salem gets life term, 2 others get death sentence on Business Standard. TADA court sentenced Abu Salem to life imprisonment in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case. Among the other convicts, Karimullah Khan was also sentenced to life in jail and 2 Lakh fine imposed.

Latest News Extradited gangster Abu Salem was on Thursday sentenced to life imprisonment by a Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (TADA) court in Mumbai in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case.

Special Judge G A Sanap pronounced the death verdicts on convicts Mohammed Taher Merchant and Feroze Khan for their role in the blasts, said Special Public Prosecutor Deepak Salve.

Besides Salem, the special court awarded life sentence to Karimullah Khan and 10 years rigorous imprisonment to Riyaz Siddiqui.

The Special Judge also slapped varying amounts of fines on the convicts after finding them guilty on various charges, including murder, conspiracy to hatch the blasts, supplying arms and ammunition, and other serious offences, Salve told media-persons after the ruling.

A special TADA court had in June convicted six persons, including mastermind Mustafa Dossa and Salem, in the blasts case, 24 years after the attacks left 257 people dead in the country's financial capital.

It, however, let off accused Abdul Quayyum for want of evidence.

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