New Delhi:
A TADA court on Thursday pronounced sentence against five convicts in the 1993 Mumbai blast case. The court awarded Abu Salem and Karimullah Khan life imprisonment while Tahir Merchant and Firoz Abdul Rashid Khan were awarded death penalty.
The 1993 Mumbai serial blasts considered as one of the most dreaded terror attacks on Indian soil left 257 people dead and over 700 injured. Thhe court had already convicted six persons including mastermind Mustafa Dossa and extradited gangster Abu Salem in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case.
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India will determinedly fight & punish terrorism. After a long chase, UPA ensured extradition of #AbuSalem in 2005 from Portugal.2/2
— Randeep S Surjewala (@rssurjewala) September 7, 2017
Justice prevails in #MumbaiBlasts with life imprisonment of #AbuSalem.104 accused convicted so far. Next should be Dawood Ibrahim & Memon1/n
— Randeep S Surjewala (@rssurjewala) September 7, 2017
The day of justice #AbuSalem, close aide of Dawood gets life imprisonment. Firoz Khan, Tahir Marchent both get death sentence #MumbaiBlasts pic.twitter.com/6R401Jnf0J
— Manjinder S Sirsa (@mssirsa) September 7, 2017
