In the 1993 blasts case, the TADA court on Thursday sentenced Abu Salem and Karimullah Khan to life imprisonment while sentenced to death to convicted Tahir Merchant and awarded 10 years of jail to Riyaz Siddiqui.

The Terrorist and Disruptive Activity court had convicted six accused, including Salem and Mustafa Dossa, on June 16 this year.

In the blast across Mumbai on March 12, many people lost their lives while many other suffered from the injury. fter the blast, the case was investigated by the Mumbai police but was later handed over to the CBI.

However, the prosecution proved that he was a prominent and “trusted” member of the Dossa gang, and participated in all the “landings” of weapons affected by Dossa brothers in Raigad district, the court had held.

“The role of Tahir in the conspiracy is prominent. He is one of the initiators of the conspiracy,” the court said in its ruling on June 16.

This was “vital towards the achievement of the conspiracy so that the weapons could be used to terrorize and torment innocent citizens of India,” the court had said.

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