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Four Terrorists on Prowl




Acting on a tip off from a taxi driver, five teams of Mumbai’s Anti Terror Squad have launched a massive man-hunt for three men and a woman in veil (burqa), who are suspected to be terrorists targeting popular spots in city. According to reports, the taxi driver, who drove them around the city landmarks on Tuesday got annoyed by their suspicious behaviour and described them as ‘shady characters’.

Further, the police have taken two persons in custody from the Mira Road area on suspicion. The police officials are still trying to establish any connection between those held in custody and the four being hunted.

Meanwhile, a special cell formed by the Mumbai police is seriously hunting for the suspected persons.

The special cell is getting the active co-operation of Gujarat and Hyderabad police, who are co-ordinating with them.

The taxi driver revealed that two of the four suspects are carrying small bags. The driver, who had been hired by the four, at Rs 2000 per day, for two days, informed that the four roamed around the city starting from Mahim Dargah and visited Haji Ali, Mahalaxmi Temple, JJ Hospital and the Hilton towers- all the popular public spots of the city. If the driver is to be believed, the four suspects appeared to be taking a general overview of these public places.

What aroused the driver’s suspicion was the fact that they talked in hush tones in Hindi. Also the fact that they visited a Hindu shrine as well as a Muslim shrine on a single day was peculiar to him. Further when they asked him to keep a parcel to look after, the driver refused and after a tiff with them, he dropped them off at the Shri Siddhivinayak Temple.

He then informed the police about his suspicions.

The Joint Commissioner of Police (Mumbai) has confirmed the incident and has requested the citizens to come forward and help the police.

In view of the recent terror attacks in Ludhiana, Ajmer and Hyderabad, the police are taking the situation very seriously. The police believe that the four were on a recce of the major spots of the city.

Security has been beefed up across the various points in the city and the police have released the sketch of the three men. An official statement is expected later in the day.
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METROPOLIS's DARKEST HOURS

    Mumbai has seen 32 explosions set off by terrorists in the last 15 years,starting with an attack at Kalyan railway station which was carried out by Khliastani extremists.

According to offical figures 534 lives have been lost in such incidents, the most horrific being the 1993 serial blasts & the 7/11 train explosins which alone account for 444 deaths. Suspects have been rounded up & tried in almost all the cases. But trials in connection with at least five of them dating back to 2003 are yet to conclude.
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Moving Target

Terror Planners

Lashker-e-Toiba(LeT),Jaish-e-Mohammed(JeM),Harkat ul Jihad al Islami(HUJI),Harkat-ul-Mujahideen(HUM) & many lesser known outfits, all under the umbrella of Al-Qaeda.

The Path

They reach the relatively quiet & less protected southern states from or through Pakistan & Bangladesh.

The Mission

To recruit members in the south,to hide there after offences elsewhere & to hatch terror plots.

Taking Aim

Besides soft targets including IT companies in the southern states, the terror network has plans to attack the rest of India & several places abroad too.
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Hyderabad Blasts

Seven students & three professors from Amrutvahini Engg. College,Ahmednagar,Maharashtra,were among those killed in the Hyderabad blasts on August 25,2007.

Ahmednagar police said that at least 45 second year students were in Hyderabad on a study tour. They decided to stay back for the laser show & were to return on Sunday. "Bodies of three students are beyond recognition. We have informed the parents & some have already arrived,"said a professor on phone from Hyderabad, who survived the blast.

Police identified the deceased as Sourabh Kumar(Pune), Irshad Ahmed(Mumbai)& Sachin Bhavar,Rajesh Bhoir & Milind Mogade from Sangamner in Ahmednagar. The names of others are yet to be confirmed.
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Bomb Blast at McDonald

     On December 6,2002 the explosion occured at a McDonald's outlet at Mumbai Central Railway Station. It was set off by a crude bomb; there were no deaths but 25 people were injured. The date of blast assumes significance as it coincides with date of the demolition of Babri Masjid. The trial is still on.
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Blasts at Railway Stations

Date:- January 23,24 & 27 
Five Blasts ripped through Mumbai's Railway Stations & Trains in the early months of 1998.


KanjurMarg station(January 23) & the tracks between Goregaon & Malad(January 24) were among the targets.

Three Consecutive blasts occured on one single day(February 27) near Virar, Santacruz & Kandivali Railway Stations. Thease were again low-intensity explosins which killed 4 persons & left over 30 injured.

    A session court on July 8,2004,awarded life sentence to 11 convicts , including a Pakistani national,for their role in the blasts. According to the prosecution, they were all acting on instructions from Pakistan's ISI. One of them, a Pak national named Shamshed Gulam Kadir Hyder, was acquitted by the court, which said he should be deported to Pakistan.
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Blast Near Jama Masjid

          In August 1997,low- intensity blast in a toilet near Jama Masjid in South Mumbai; Three persons were injured. Three Pakistani natinals, Yasir, Hassan & Ahmed , were  named as absconding suspects. No arrest was made ,the case has been closed.
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Kalayan Railway Blast

        It was a blast at Kalayan Railway Station carried out using crude bombs, which killed 15 people. The  probe  zeroed in on five Khalistani  extremists who where arrested & convicted. Life terms were handed out to all of them.
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Deadly Numbers

The US & UK  may like to belive that they are leading the war on terror globally, but the country that has had to face the worst of terrorist attacks on its own soil, barring war-torn Iraq, is India.

Country              Deaths            Incidents

Iraq                       29,070              12,718
India                     3,674               3032
Afghanistan            2,405                1,682
Colombia                 1,550                1,721
Thailand                  1,324                1,959
Russia                      1,206                  660
Pakistan                  1,121                 1,112
Chad                        1,096                     32
Nepal                       1,059                2,989
Sudan                      1,057                    155


No. 1 For All The Wrong Reasons
  • India's the worst-hit country on terror charts after Iraq on all counts-incidents ,deaths,injured-except one ,hostages ,for which Nepal is No 1, Iraq No 2 & India No 3.
  • South Asia is the global terror  hotspot, accounting for almost half the world's (minus-Iraq) terror-related deaths.
  • Islamist extremists caused about 11,400 of the 24,614 deaths for which responsibility has been fixed.
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Tahir Taklya

One of Dawood & Tiger Memon's trusted aides, tahir Mohammad Merchant alias Taher Taklya is among the 29 absconding accused in the serial blasts case. He took part in meetings Dubai where the conspiracy was hatched.

Tahir arranged for shelter in Dubai & passage to Islamabad for 19 accused who underwent weapons training in Pakistan. Also accused of smuggling weapons & collecting,manging funds.

Tahir was caught by Abu Dhabi police on March 27,2004,on charges of carrying firearms. Likely to be extradited to India in two months.

The UAE has deported 17 Dawood associates,including his brother Iqbal Kaskar, in the last 4 years
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The Real Master Mind



Ibrahim Abdul Razak Memon better known as Tiger Memon is a terrorist and he is the prime accused in the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts case and is wanted by the Interpol Delhi and CBI.His role as the prime accused in the blasts along with Dawood Ibrahim has been confirmed by the Special court after the conviction of the other accused in the case.There is reason to believe that Tiger Memon is now in Karachi, Pakistan and moves under aliases to evade authorities.He was recently reported to have opened a restaurant in Dubai[3]His ties with Dawood Ibrahim, also known as Ibrahim Kaskar the infamous underworld kingpin have been reviewed and are concrete, for Tiger is believed to be his right hand.

Tiger Memon recruited frustrated Muslim youth to carry out the bombings,while flying out of Mumbai to Dubai,the morning before the blasts. His fortune has been estimated to be in the millions,with operations in money laundering, property, stocks and industry. The D-company as it is popularly known has grown tenfold thanks to Dawood. Tiger Memon is one of his most trusted henchment.

On September 12, 2006, The special TADA court hearing the long-drawn case around the 1993 Bombay bombings convicted four members of the Memon family - Yakub, Essa, Rubina and Yusuf. Three other members of the Memon family - Suleiman, Hanifa and Rahil - have, however, been acquitted with the judge giving them the benefit of doubt. The four Memons have been held guilty on charges of conspiring and abetting acts of terror. They face jail terms ranging from a minimum of five years to life imprisonment. Yakub Memon, the brother of prime accused 'Tiger' Memon, has been charged for possession of unauthorised arms.
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100 of People Convicted by Tada Court



Yeshwant Nago Bhoinkar: Three years' rigorous imprisonment and Rs 25,000 fine for transporting RDX and arms from high seas to the Shekhadi coast on trawlers.

Abbas Shaikhdhare: Three years' rigorous imprisonment and Rs 25,000 fine for transporting RDX and arms from high seas to the Shekhadi coast on trawlers.

Shahjehan Shaikhdhare: Three years' rigorous imprisonment and Rs 25,000 fine for transporting RDX and arms from high seas to the Shekhadi coast on trawlers.

Sharif Khan Adhikari: Three years' rigorous imprisonment and Rs 25,000 fine for loading and unloading contraband.

Rashid Alware: Three years' rigorous imprisonment and Rs 25,000 fine for transporting contraband in his truck.

Ashok Muneshwar: Police constable sentenced to six years' rigorous imprisonment and Rs 25,000 fine for allowing arms and ammunition to pass at Dongar Phata after taking bribe.

Pandharinath Mahadik: Police constable sentenced to six years' rigorous imprisonment and Rs 25,000 fine for allowing arms and ammunition to pass at Dongar Phata after taking bribe.

Ramesh D Mali: Police constable sentenced to six years' rigorous imprisonment and Rs 25,000 fine for allowing arms and ammunition to pass at Dongar Phata after taking bribe.

Shrikrishna Yeshwant Pashilkar: Police constable sentenced to six years' rigorous imprisonment and Rs 25,000 fine for allowing arms and ammunition to pass at Dongar Phata after taking bribe.

Vijay Patil: Police sub-inspector sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for life and Rs 2 lakh fine for allowing arms and ammunition to pass through Donghar Phata.

Usman Man Khan Shaikh: Rigorous imprisonment for six years' and Rs 30,000 as fine. He obtained weapons training in Pakistan.

Shaikh Ibrahim Shaikh Hussain: Rigorous imprisonment for six years' and Rs 30,000 as fine. He obtained weapons training in Pakistan.

Mohammed Hanif Usman Shaikh: Rigorous imprisonment for six years' and Rs 30,000 as fine. He obtained weapons training in Pakistan.

Mohammed Sayeed Mohammed Ishaq: Rigorous imprisonment for six years' and Rs 30,000 as fine. He obtained weapons training in Pakistan.

Gul Mohammed Noor Mohammad: Rigorous imprisonment for six years' and Rs 30,000 as fine. He obtained weapons training in Pakistan.

Mohammad Rafiq Usman Shaikh: Seven years' rigorous imprisoned and Rs 30,000 fine for obtaining training in Pakistan and also participated in one of the conspiracy meetings.

Abdul Aziz Gharatkar: Six years' rigorous imprisonment and Rs 50,000 fine for taking part in RDX landing at Shekhadi.

Tulshiram Dhondu Surve: Nine years' rigorous imprisonment and Rs 55,000 fine for allowing Wangni radio tower compound to be used for RDX loading and unloading.

Uttam Potdar: 14 years' rigorous imprisonment and Rs 1.5 lakh fine for landing arms and ammunition at Dighi.

Mohd Lajpuria: Ten years' rigorous imprisonment and Rs 1.5 lakh fine for landing arms and ammunition at Dighi.

Sajjad Alam: Seven years' rigorous imprisonment and Rs 50,000 fine for arms landing at Shekhadi.

Manzoor Ahmed Sayed: Ten years' rigorous imprisonment and Rs 50,000 fine for taking back AK-56 rifles from Sanjay Dutt [Images].

Sharif Parkar: Fourteen years' rigorous imprisonment and Rs 3 lakh fine for arms landing at Shekhadi.

Raju Jain: Seven years' rigorous imprisonment and fine of Rs 1 lakh fine for Tiger Memon's associate. He provided jeeps for carrying out the attacks.

Mujib Parkar: Five years' rigorous imprisonment and Rs 25,000 fine for arms landing in Shekhadi.

Sarfaraz Phanse: Nine years' rigorous imprisonment and Rs 25,000 fine for arms landing at Shekhadi.

Suleman Ghavte: Seven years' rigorous imprisonment and Rs 25,000 fine for transporting contraband.

Sayed Abdul Rehman: Seven years' rigorous imprisonment and Rs 25,000 fine for transporting contraband.


Shahid Nizamuddin Qureshi: Ten years' rigorous imprisonment and Rs 25,000 fine for taking part in arms landing at Dighi.

Isaaq Hajwani: Seven years' rigorous imprisonment and Rs 70,000 fine for being part of conspiracy. Also found guilty of taking part in arms training in Sandheri and destroying hand grenades.

Sikandar Hajwani: Five years' rigorous imprisonment and Rs 10,000 fine for undergoing weapons training at Sandheri.

Shahnawaz Hajwani: Five years' rigorous imprisonment and Rs 10,000 fine for undergoing weapons training at Sandheri.

Janardan Gambas: Six years' rigorous imprisonment and Rs 75,000 fine for taking part in arms landing at Dighi and concealing arms and ammunition.

Faki Ali Subedar: Six years' rigorous imprisonment and Rs 50,000 fine for concealing arms and ammunition at Agarwadi.

Abdullah Surti: Six years' rigorous imprisonment and Rs 50,000 fine for concealing arms and ammunition at Agarwadi.

Syed Ibrahim Kadri: Five years' rigorous imprisonment and Rs 10,000 fine for concealing hand grenades.

R K Singh: Nine years' rigorous imprisonment and Rs 3 lakh fine for ex-Customs official for allowing the landing of RDX after taking bribe.

Sudhanwa Talawadekar: Eight years' rigorous imprisonment and Rs 2 lakh fine for ex-Customs official for allowing the landing of RDX after taking bribe.

Mohammad Sultan Sayyed: Seven years' rigorous imprisonment and Rs 1 lakh fine for ex-Customs official for allowing the landing of RDX after taking bribe.

Jaywant Gurav: Eight years' rigorous imprisonment and Rs 1 lakh fine for ex-Customs official for allowing the landing of RDX after taking bribe.

Zameer Sayyed Ismail: Life sentence and Rs 1.25 lakh for being party to conspiracy. Also convicted for arms landing at Dighi and concealing arms.

Ayub Ibrahim Qureshi: Five years' rigorous imprisonment and Rs 25,000 fine for possession of pistols.

Ehsaan Mohammed Qureshi: Five years' rigorous imprisonment and Rs 25,000 fine for possession of pistols.

Dawood Phanse: Two life sentences and Rs 2 lakh fine. One of the main conspirators.

Muzzamil Umar Kadri: Life sentence and Rs 1.25 lakh fine for arms landing arms in Shekhadi and for conspiracy.

Khalil Nasir: Ten years' rigorous imprisonment and Rs 1.25 lakh fine for arms landing arms in Shekhadi and for conspiracy.

Mohammed Dawood: Six years' rigorous imprisonment and Rs 50,000 fine for possessing AK-56 rifles.

Mohammed Yusuf Botomiya: Six years' rigorous imprisonment and Rs 50,000 fine for possessing AK-56 rifles.

Aziz Shaikh: Five years' rigorous imprisonment and Rs 25,000 fine for illegally possessing carbine.

Salim Durrani: Five years' rigorous imprisonment and Rs 25,000 fine for possessing AK-56 rifles.

Liyakat Khan: Five years' rigorous imprisonment and Rs 35,000 fine for arms landing in Shekhadi.

Nasir Abdul Kadar: Rigorous imprisonment for life and Rs 50,000 fine for conspiracy, taking arms training in Pakistan, landing of arms and preparation of bombs.

Ashraf-ur-Rehman: Rigorous imprisonment for life and Rs two lakh fine. Arms and ammunition were recovered from him after the blasts.

Yusuf Khan Kasam: Five years' rigorous imprisonment and Rs 25,000 for arms landing.

Mohammed Rafiq Musa Biyariwala: Seven years' rigorous imprisonment and Rs 75,000 fine for facilitating in the landing of arms and transporting them till Mumbai.

Shahnawaz Khan: Ten years' rigorous imprisonment and Rs 50,000 fine for conspiracy and arms landing at Shekhadi.

Asim Yusuf Shaikh: Eight years' rigorous imprisonment and Rs 1.25 lakh for illegal possession of grenades.

Ayub Ibrahim Patel: Ten years' rigorous imprisonment and Rs 1.25 lakh fine for illegal possession of grenades.

Niyaz Ahmed Shaikh: Rigorous imprisonment for life and Rs 50,000 as fine for conspiracy.

Sameer Hingora: Nine years' rigorous imprisonment and Rs two lakh fine for the film producer for supplying an AK-56 rifle to Sanjay Dutt.

Farooq Iliaz: Thirteen years' rigorous imprisonment and Rs 50,000 fine for film producer for participating in a conspiracy meeting.

Gulam Hafiz Shaikh: Eight years' rigorous imprisonment and Rs 25,000 fine for driving a truck laden with RDX from Shekhadi to Mumbai.

Shaikh Mohammed: Ten years' rigorous imprisonment and Rs 50,000 fine for conspiracy and escorting contraband in small boats from high seas.

Pervez Qureshi: Rigorous imprisonment for life and Rs 50,000 fine for conspiracy, receiving arms training in Pakistan and making bombs at Mahim.

Salim Mirza Shaikh: Rigorous imprisonment for life and Rs 2 lakh fine for conspiracy, Dighi arms landing and bribing Customs officials.

Manoj Gupta: Fourteen years' rigorous imprisonment and Rs 2.75 lakh fine for illegal possession of Shekhadi landing and disposing RDX after blasts.

Noor Mohammed Khan: Five years' rigorous imprisonment and Rs 1.5 lakh fine for storing RDX.

Altaf Ali Sayyed: Ten years' rigorous imprisonment and Rs 2.5 lakh in fine for illegal possession of hand grenades.

Sardar Shaha: Rigorous imprisonment for life and Rs one lakh in fine for conspiracy.

Baba Moosa Chauhan: Ten years' rigorous imprisonment and Rs 2.77 lakh infine for giving arms and ammunition to Sanjay Dutt and Salim Kurla, possession of arms.

Moolchand Shah: Five years' rigorous imprisonment and Rs five lakh in fine for giving financial assistance to Tiger Memon.

Ejaz Pathan: Ten years' rigorous imprisonment and Rs 2.25 lakh in fine for conspiracy, facilitating landing of arms and ammunition, illegal possession of AK-56 rifles.

Shaikh Ali Shaikh: Rigorous imprisonment for life and Rs 1.5 lakh in fine for conspiracy, RDX filling, landing of arms and initiating co-accused.

Mubina Bhiwandiwalla : Five years' rigorous imprisonment and fined Rs 25,000. Conspiracy meetings were conducted at her residence.

Zaibunissa Qazi: Five years' rigorous imprisonment and fined Rs 1 lakh for keeping arms at her residence.

Salim Shaikh: Rigorous imprisonment for life and fined Rs 1.4 lakh for conspiracy, receiving arms raining in Pakistan and driving the accused to Fishermen's colony in Mahim to throw grenades.

Imtiyaz Ghawte: Rigorous imprisonment for life and fined Rs 2.77 lakh for parking unexploded scooter at Dhanji Street in central Mumbai and arms landing in Raigad.

Nasim Barmare: Rigorous imprisonment for life and fined Rs 2.30 lakh for throwing hand grenades in Mumbai international airport.

Bashir Khairulla: Rigorous imprisonment for life and fined Rs 2.5 lakh for throwing grenades at Fishermen's colony in Mahim killing three and injuring six.

Moin Qureshi: Rigorous imprisonment for life and fined Rs 1.65 lakh for throwing grenades at Fishermen's colony killing three, arms landing at Raigad and filling RDX in vehicles.

Somnath Thapa: Rigorous imprisonment for life and fine of Rs 2 lakh for former Customs official who facilitated arms and explosives landing at Raigad.

Rubeena Memon: Rigorous imprisonment for life for allowing her house to be used for conspiracy meetings and storage of arms and explosives. She also gave her van for bombing.

Essa Memon: Rigorous imprisonment for life for allowing their house to be used for conspiracy meetings and storage of arms and explosives.

Yusuf Memon: Rigorous imprisonment for life for allowing their house to be used for conspiracy meetings and storage of arms and explosives.

Sanjay Dutt: Rigorous imprisonment for six years and fined Rs 25,000, illegal possession of AK-56 rifle and pistol.

Rusi Mulla: Exempted of prison term under Probation of Offenders Act.

Kersi Adajania: Rigorous imprisonment for two years and fined Rs 25,000. Aided destruction of Dutt's rifle.

Yusuf Nulwalla: Rigorous imprisonment for five years and fined Rs 25,000. Aided destruction of Dutt's rifle.

Yakub Memon: Accountant brother of main accused Tiger Memon sentenced to death for arranging finance for conspiracy and distributing weapons.

Abdul Ghani Turk: Sentenced to death for parking RDX-filled jeep near Century Bazar. The blast killed 88 and injured 159.

Mushtaq Musa Tarani: Sentenced to death for planting RDX-loaded scooter in Shaikh Memon Street that did not explode. Also planted bomb in Hotel Centaur -- no casualties in the explosion.

Pervez Shaikh: Sentenced to death for planting RDX-loaded scooter in Katha Bazar in South Mumbai. The explosion killed four and injured 21. Also planted a suitcase filled with RDX in Sea Rock Hotel in suburban Bandra.

Asgar Mukadam: Sentenced to death for planting RDX-filled Maruti [Get Quote] van at Plaza cinema. The explosion killed 10, injured 36.

Shahnawaz Qureshi: Sentenced to death for planting RDX-filled Maruti van at Plaza cinema. The explosion killed 10, injured 36.

Mohd Shoaib Ghansar: Planted RDX-filled scooter in Zaveri Bazar. The explosion killed 17 and injured 57.

Iqbal Yusuf Shaikh: Sentenced to death for planting RDX-filled scooter at Naigaum. It did not explode.

Zakir Hussain Shaikh: Sentenced to death for throwing hand grenades at Mahim's Fishermen' colony, killing 3 and injuring 6.

Feroz Malik: Sentenced to death for throwing hand grenades at Mahim's Fishermen' colony, killing 3 and injuring 6.

Abdul Khan: Sentenced to death for throwing hand grenades at Mahim's Fishermen' colony, killing 3 and injuring 6.

Farooq Pawle: Sentenced to death for planting Maruti car filled with RDX near Shiv Sena office in Dadar, where four people were killed and 38 injured. He also took part in planting an Ambassador car filled with RDX at the Air India building. Twenty people were killed and 87 injured in the explosion.
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Sanjay Dutt & Partners in Crime




Sanjay Dutt
The Bollywood Actor
Punishment :- 6 years imprisonment.
Role :- Under The Arms Act for illegal possession of an automatic AK-56 rifle in
1993, two months before the March 12 blasts.

His Partners In Crime


1.Rushi Mulla(64)
Role :- Possession of Dutt's 9mm Pistol.
Punishment :- Granted probation. Released on a one-year bond of good
behaviour of Rs. 1 lakh.

2.Kersi Adejania(76)

Role :- Possession & destruction of Dutt's 9mm Pistol.
Punishment :- 2 years imprisonment.
Fine :- Rs. 25,000.

3.Yusuf Nulwala(54)
Role :- Possession & destruction of arms.
Punishment :- 5 years imprisonment.
Fine :- Rs. 25,000.
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Verdict Of '93 Blasts***

Convicted Persons

Somnath Thapa(59)
Former Customs Officer
Penalty :- Life Sentence & Fine Rs. 2 lakh
Role :- Did Not stop smuggling of explosives despite having knowledge of about their
landing at Shekhadi.
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Verdict of '93 Blasts**

Location :- Naigaum Cross Road

Convicted Person :- Mohmmad Iqbal Shaikh(34)

Penalty :- Death Sentence & Fine Rs. 2.5 lakh
Role :- Parked RDX-laden scooter(unexploded)at Naigaum Cross Road
Drove a bike from which a co-accused lobbed grenades at
Sahar Airport.


Location :- Mahim Fishermen's Colony
Dead :- 3 Injured :- 6
Exploded at 1:45pm

Convicted Persons :-
Bashir Khairullah(38)
Penalty :- Life Sentence & Fine Rs. 3.17 lakh
Role :- Went to Mahim Fishermen's Colony with five co-accused,
who lobbed grenades killing three people. Bashir failed
to throw a grenade.

Role of the four accused

Threw hand-grenades at Mahim Fishermen's Colony

Convicted Persons :- Feroze Amani Malik(37)
Penalty :- Death Sentence & Fine Rs. 1.20 lakh

Zakhir Hussain Shaikh(37)
Penalty :- Death Sentence & Fine Rs. 1.15 lakh

Abdul Akhtar Khan(44)
Penalty :- Death Sentence & Fine Rs. 1.15 lakh

Moin Qureshi(31)
Penalty :- Life Sentence & Fine Rs. 1.65 lakh


Location :- Air India Building & Lucky Petro Pump(Dadar)
Convicted Person :- Farooq Pawale(40)
Penalty:- Death Sentence & Fine Rs. 2.65 lakh
Air India Building
Exploded at 2:45pm
Dead :- 20 Injured :- 87
Role :- Dressed as a chaufer,Pawale drove an RDX-laden white ambassador
to the Air India Building at Nariman Point. The guards did not
stop the official looking car,which he
parked at the near entrance of the Bank of Oman.

Lucky Petrol Pump
Exploded at 2:30pm
Dead :- 4 Injured :- 50
Role :- Pawale & Usman Jan Khan(approver) intended to blow up the
Shiv Sena Bhavan at Dadar but weren't allowed to park the
explosive-laden white Maruti 800 by traffic
constable. They parked it at a nearby petrol pump & left in taxi
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The Memons

Roles of the Memon Family in '93 Blasts

Essa Memon
Tiger's brother.Was found guilty of conspiracy & allowing his flat(at Al-Husseni building in Mahim)to be used for meetings to plan blasts & storing arms & ammunition.


Yousuf & Rubeena Memon
Another of Tiger's brothers,Yusuf & acquitted brother Suleman's wife,Rubeena,were
convicted under Tada & Indian Penal Code. It was Rubeena's Maruti Omni that was abandoned by some of the co-accused in Worli, giving away the family's involvement in the blasts & giving the cops their first & most vital clue; the car contained explosives, arms & detonators.


Yakub Memon

Found guilty of conspiracy & financing the blasts through co-accused Mulchand Shah
& the firm,M/s Tejarat International, owned by Ayub Memon; also convicted for providingtickets to co-accused to travel to Pakistan; he possessed arms & ammunition & distributed them among the co-accused & purchased vehicles used in the blasts.
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Verdict of 93 Blasts*

Location :- Plaza Cinema
Dead :- 10 Injured :- 36
Exploded at 3:15 pm

Convicted Persons :- Asgar Mukadam(45)



Penalty :- Death Sentence & Fine Rs. 5.25 lakh
Role :- He is former manager of Tiger Memon,& Qureshi is a
butcher parked RDX -laden red Maruti van at Dadar's
Plaza Cinema.

:- Shahnawaz Qureshi(48)
Penalty :- Death Sentence & Fine Rs. 3.50 lakh
Role :- Qureshi, who underwent weapon training in Pakistan,
accompained Mukadam,who was scared of executing the
job alone. Mukadam was 1st to be arrested.


Location :- Zaveri Bazzar
Dead :- 17 Injured :- 57

Convicted Person :- Shoeb Ghansar(43)
Penalty :- Death Sentence & Fine Rs. 2.50 lakh
Role :- Parked scooter with explosives opposite a jewellery
shop at Zaveri Bazzar. After that, he prayed for
forgiveness at a nearby mosque.
Exploded at 3:05pm
Ghansar was dragged into the conspiracy by his cousin
Mukadam on 11 March 1993,a day before the blasts
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Verdict of 93 Blasts

Location :- Century Bazzar
Dead :- 113 Injured :- 227.

Convicted Person :- Abdul Gani Turk(51).
Penalty :- Death Sentence & Fine Rs. 1.75 lakh
Role :- Parked a RDX-laden Commander Jeep.
Exploded at 2:45pm
Turk had confessed filling RDX in the vehicle & parking the Commander Jeep
at Century Bazzar. He performed
namaaz after parking the vehicle.



Location :- Katha Bazzar & SeaRock Hotel
Dead :- 4 Injured :- 21.(Katha Bazzar)
Dead :- 0 Injured :- 0.(SeaRock Hotel)

Convicted Person :- Parvez Nazir Shaikh(40).
Penalty :- Death Sentence & Fine Rs. 5.25 lakh
Role :- Parked Scooter with explosives at grain market.
Exploded at 2:15pm
Shaikh is a former employee of Tiger Memon,had driven the scooter
from Tiger's Al Husseini building in Mahim to Katha Bazzar near Masjid
Bunder.

Role :- Planted suitcase bomb in room 1840.
Exploded at 3:10pm
Shaikh was so mesmerised by the chandeliers & paintings that he had trouble
keeping up with the bell boy. Being nervous,he left after planting bomb.


Location :- Centaur Hotel & Sheikh Memon Street
Dead :- 0 Injured :- 3.
No Casualties.

Convicted Person :- Mushtaq Tarani(42).
Penalty :- Death Sentence & Fine Rs. 3.87 lakh
Role :- Put RDX filled suitcase in room 3078.
Exploded at 3:20pm
Tarani checked into Centaur in the name of Sanjeev Rai. He left the explosive
laden blue suitcase & walked out of the hotel within 10 minutes.

Role :- Parked RDX-laden Scooter.
Unexploded
The detonator's pin got stuck in the RDX & failed to trigger the blast
in the crowded locality of Kalbadevi at the southern end of Zaveri Bazzar.
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Train Bomb Blasts


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Collected Pictures of the 7/11 Train Blasts


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7/11/2006 Train blasts


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Yakub Memon tells the true story......



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Demolition of Babri Masjid

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Seven Series Bomb Blasts



Location :- Mumbai, India
Target :- Mumbai Suburban Railway
Date :- 11 July 2006
Time :- 18:24 – 18:35 (UTC+5.5)
Attack type :- Bombings
Deaths :- 209
Injured :- 714
Perpetrator(s):- Terrorist outfits—Student Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT; These are alleged perpetrators as legal proceedings have not yet taken place.)

Details



The bombs were placed on trains plying on the western line of the suburban ("local") train network, which forms the backbone of the city's transport network. The first blast reportedly took place at 18:24 IST (12:54 UTC), and the explosions continued for approximately eleven minutes, until 18:35,[2] during the after-work rush hour. All the bombs had been placed in the first-class "general" compartments (some compartments are reserved for women, called "ladies" compartments) of several trains running from Churchgate, the city-centre end of the western railway line, to the western suburbs of the city. They exploded at or in the near vicinity of the suburban railway stations of Matunga Road, Mahim, Bandra, Khar Road, Jogeshwari, Bhayandar and Borivali.




Map showing the 'Western line' and blast locations.Home Minister Shivraj Patil told reporters that authorities had "some" information an attack was coming, "but place and time was not known".

The bomb attacks in Mumbai came hours after a series of grenade attacks in Srinagar, the largest city in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. However, Home Secretary V K Duggal said there was no link between the Srinagar and Mumbai bomb blasts.




11 July 2006 Mumbai train bombings
Travelling north
from Churchgate Khar Road - Santacruz 18:24

17:50 Fast Local
Churchgate-Borivali Bandra - Khar Road 18:24

17:37 Slow Local
Churchgate-Borivali Jogeshwari (PF #1)18:25

17:54 Fast Local
Churchgate-Borivali Mahim Junction (PF #3)18:26

Travelling north
from Churchgate Mira Road - Bhayandar First Class 18:29

17:57 Fast Local
Churchgate-Virar Matunga Road - Mahim Junction First Class 18:30

17:37 Fast Local
Churchgate-Virar Borivali (PF #4)1 First Class 18:35

One bomb exploded at this location, but another one was found by police and defused.


Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister R. R. Patil confirmed that a total of 200 people were killed and another 714 others have been injured.[8] Additionally, various news organisations have reported that at least 200 people have died and that more than 700 others have been injured.

A week after the blasts in Mumbai the confirmed death toll rose to 207.
In September of 2006 it was confirmed that the death toll had risen to 209.


From Khar Station




A cocktail of explosives including RDX,ammonium nitrate, nitrite, fuel oil was used.
The first breakthrough came after a call was tracked from Mumbai to Madhubani in Bihar & suspect named Kamal Ansari was picked up.

According to investigators, the conspiracy had been hatched 5 months earlier. Rs 20 lakh was spent on the logistics of the operation, which involved gathering bombers from Pakistan & Bangladesh.
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Vile Parle Station Bomb Blast

Location :- Mumbai, India.
Date :- January 27, 2003.
Time :- Around 6:00 pm.
Attack type :- Bombing.
Deaths :- 1(Female).
Injured :- 28.

On 27 January 2003 a bomb placed on a bicycle exploded near the busy marketplace outside Vile Parle station. The bomb killed 1 and injured 28.
The bomb is packed inside a bag containing wheat.

The blast occured when Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the Prime Minister of India at the time was to visit the city.

This is the second in a series of five bombings against the city within a period of eight months. Other bombings include.

Police Commissioner R S Sharma said an explosive appeared to have been placed on a bicycle, which was found completely destroyed, parked in the busy market place just outside on the eastern side of the station.
Most of the victims suffered minor injuries, he said. The injured have been taken to the Cooper and Nanavati hospitals nearby.
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Twin Car Bomb Blasts



Location :- Mumbai, India.
Date :- August 25, 2003.
Attack type :- Car Bombing
Deaths :- 52



On 25 August 2003, twin car bombings struck the Indian city of Mumbai killing at least 52 people, and injuring nearly 150. Both of those two bombs were planted in taxis during lunch period. One of the bomb exploded at the Gateway of India, which is a major tourist attraction. It was planted near the Taj Mahal hotel, shattering it's windows in due course. The other bomb went off in a jewelery market near the Mumba Devi temple in central Mumbai. No group claimed responsibility for the attack, but it is believed that the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba was behind the carnage.

The first bomb exploded about 1:00pm in the Jhaveri Bazaar, a bullion market near the Mumbadevi Temple, followed minutes later by the blast at the Gateway of India.

Most of the deaths were in the bullion market.
In both places, blood and broken glass lay on the ground, shop windows were smashed and cars were twisted and shattered.
This is the last in a series of five bombings against the city within a period of eight months.

The five arrested included mastermind, an autorickshaw driver named Mohammed Haneef
& his wife Fahmida. They were found to have links with the Muslim Defence Force which
allegedly wanted to avenge the Gujarat Riots.
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BEST Bus No. 340

Location :-Mumbai, India
Date :-July 28, 2003
Attack type :- Bombing
Deaths :-4



At 21:15 hrs on 28 July 2003 a bomb placed under a seat of a B.E.S.T. bus exploded on the busy Lal Bahadur Shastri Marg in Ghatkopar.This bus runs from Sarvodaya Nagar to Ghatkopar,a 3km run, had just halted outside Ghatkopar Railway Station when a bomb placed under the last seat exploded.The bomb was placed in the rear of the bus and killed 4 people and injured 32. A man who was riding a motorcycle behind the bus and a woman who was in a rikshaw travelling near the bus were among those killed. An eyewitness claims that the woman was thrown at least 10 feet away from the rikshaw and died on the spot.

This is the fourth in a series of five bombings against the city within a period of eight months. Other bombings include
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Mulund Blast Arrests

Mumbai, April 12: Police today arrested three “former” members of the Students’ Islamic Movement of India (Simi) for trying to thwart the arrest of Saquib Nachan, the prime suspect in the Mulund train blast of March 13.

Five persons, all said to be Simi activists, were earlier arrested for engineering the Ghatkopar bus blast on December 2 last year. The blast had killed two and injured 30 persons.

Working in tandem with sleuths from the Mumbai Crime Branch, the Thane district police picked up Takki Iqbal Khot, Moti Iqbal Khot and Hazeeb Zuber Mullah in a surprise raid early this morning. They have been charged with rioting and hampering police work.

Though Thane district superintendent R. Pawar said the trio was trying to shield Nachan, wanted in connection with the blast which claimed 11 lives and injured 70, he refused to say if they were involved in the train bombing, too.

A metropolitan magistrate has remanded Khot and his accomplices in police custody for three days. Police contend that Khot and the others indulged in rioting and led a mob that forced them to retreat when they tried to arrest Nachan from his native village of Padgha on March 26.

The accused have also been charged with distributing “subversive literature”. A senior police officer in Mumbai said though they have been booked for rioting, their role in the Mulund train blasts, too, would be investigated. “There may be a connection somewhere. We are not giving up that premise,” he said.

Nachan, who dramatically surrendered before Bombay High Court on Thursday as he feared the police would kill him in a fake encounter, is now in police custody. The first accused to be apprehended in the Mulund blast case, Nachan had earlier spent 10 years in an Ahmedabad jail under Tada. He has denied his involvement with the Simi or the blast.
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Mulund Bomb Blasts


Mulund Train Bombing
Location :- Mumbai, India
Date :- March 13, 2003
Attack type :- Bombing
Deaths :-10


At 21:45 hrs on 13 March 2003 a bomb exploded as a train pulled into Mulund Station(which coming from Karjat). The bomb was placed in the first class ladies compartment and killed 10 people and injured 70. Among the ten killed were four women who were in the first class compartment and six men who were in the adjoining second class compartment. Two of the four women were lady police constables.

This is the third in a series of five bombings against the city within a period of eight months.
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BEST Bus No. 416


1st Ghatkopar Bus Bombing
Location:- Mumbai, India
Date:- December 6, 2002
Attack type:- Bombing
Deaths:- 3
Injured :- 32

At 18:45 hrs on 6 December 2002 a bomb placed under a seat of an empty B.E.S.T. bus no. 416 exploded near the busy Ghatkopar station. The bomb was placed in the rear of an empty bus parked near the station and killed 2 people and injured 28. There were no passengers in the bus at that time and the people who were killed were those present in the busy station area.The bombing occoured on the 10th anniversary of the demolition of the Babri Masjid.

This is the first in a series of five bombings against the city within a period of eight months. Other bombings include.

The police had rounded up a group of 8 Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI)activists, including Dr.Abdul Mateen, Khwaja Yunus, Zaheer Shaikh, Altaf Shaikh, Muzammil Shaikh. Notably, all the accused were well educated. Mateen was a doctor of forensics at J.J.hospital, Muzammil Shaikh an electronic engineer.

They were all booked under the Prevention of Terrorism Act(POTA).
This was the same case in which Khawaja Yunus, a software engineer, was picked up & later allegedly killed in custody. All eight who tried were acquitted by a special MCOCA court due to lack of evidence. The state has now filled an appeal against the judgement in Bombay high court.
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Black Friday


Directed by :- Anurag Kashyap
Produced by :- Arjun Bagga,
Arindam Mitra
Written by :- Hussain Zaidi,
Anurag Kashyap
Starring :- Kay Kay Menon,
Pavan Malhotra,
Aditya Srivastava,
Kishore Kadam,
Gajraj Rao,
Zakir Hussain,
Dibyendu Bhattacharya
Music by:- Indian Ocean (band)
Cinematography :- Nataraja Subramanian
Editing by :- Aarti Bajaj
Release date(s):- 2004 (premiere)
February 9, 2007
August 13, 2004
(Locarno International Film Festival)
Running time :- 143 min
Language :- Hindi

Black Friday is film based on the 1993 serial bomb blasts in Mumbai which many believe were organised as retaliation for the Bombay riots which left over 1,500 people dead. It was featured at the Locarno Film Festival and received widespread praise.
Black Friday was not released in Indian theaters for 2 years, as on the eve of its release a petition was filed by the persons named in the film, the alleged perpetrators of the crime, seeking a stay. Their argument, which was upheld by the court,was that the film would bias public opinion against them and hence affect the outcome of the verdict which was still pending in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case. The accused had been charged with TADA, Terrorist and Disruptive Activities Act, which carries a maximum sentence of death.
The film was received rapturously at previews in India and abroad. It got a United Kingdom release in 2006 and was released in India on February 9th, 2007. This was nearly 2 years after the film was shot, when the Supreme Court of India gave it the go ahead.

Black Friday Teaser
http://www.MotionFlicks.com/desi/view_video.php?viewkey=77442771720a370c3c72
http://www.MotionFlicks.com/desi/view_video.php?viewkey=70acaceed13bc82dfedf
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The Bombings


At 1:30 p.m. a powerful car bomb exploded in the basement of the Bombay Stock Exchange building. The 28-story office building housing the exchange was severely damaged, and many nearby office buildings also suffered some damage. About 50 were killed by this explosion. About 30 minutes later, another car bomb exploded elsewhere in the city, and from 1:30 p.m. to 3:40 p.m. a total of 13 bombs exploded throughout Bombay. Most of the bombs were car bombs, but some were in scooters.

Three hotels, the Hotel Sea Rock, Hotel Juhu Centaur, and Hotel Airport Centaur, were targeted by suitcase bombs left in rooms booked by the perpetrators. Banks, the regional passport office, hotels, an airline office (the Air India Building), and a major shopping complex were also hit. Bombs exploded at Zaveri Bazar, Century Bazar, Katha Bazar, Shiv Sena Bhawan, and Plaza Theatre. A jeep-bomb at the Century Bazar exploded early, thwarting another attack. Grenades were also thrown at Sahar International Airport and at Fishermen's Colony, apparently targeting Hindus at the latter. A double decker bus was very badly damaged in one of the explosions and that single incident accounted for the greatest loss of life - perhaps up to ninety people were killed.

The Supermind behind '93 blasts are Dawood Ibrahim & Tiger Menon



Buildings Attacked Include :-

1.Bombay Stock Exchange Building
2.Hotel Sea Rock
3.Hotel Centaur, Juhu
4.Hotel Centaur, Santa Cruz
5.Plaza Cinema
6.Shiv Sena Bhawan
7.Zaveri Bazaar
8.Century Bazaar
9.Passport Office
10.Air India Building
11.Sahar Airport
12.V Shantaram Theatre
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मुम्बई Riots

The 1993 Bombay bombings were a series of thirteen bomb explosions that took place in Bombay (now Mumbai), India on March 12, 1993.The coordinated attacks were the most destructive bomb explosions in Indian history. The single-day attacks resulted in over 250 civilian fatalities and 700 injuries.The attacks are believed to have been coordinated by Dawood Ibrahim, don of the organized crime syndicate named D-Company, which had operated as a terrorist organization.It is believed that the attacks were carried out in retaliation for the destruction of the historic Babri Mosque on December 6, 1992, which resulted in nationwide riots that led to the deaths of hundreds of Muslims and Hindus.

Background

In December 1992 and January 1993, there was widespread rioting in Bombay following the December 6 destruction of the Babri Mosque in Ayodhya by extreme Hindu groups. Although there was no loss of life in the incident at the Babri Mosque, a series of riots soon erupted throughout the nation, most notably in Bombay. After five years following the December-January riots, the Srikrishna Commission Report stated that nine hundred individuals lost their lives and over two thousand were injured, most of them Muslim, in the riots.

Justice B.N. Srikrishna Commission


Justice Srikrishna, then a relatively junior Judge of the Bombay High Court, accepted the task of investigating the causes of the riots, something that many of his colleagues had turned down. For five years till 1998, he examined victims, witnesses and alleged perpetrators. Detractors came initially from left-secular quarters who were wary of a judge who was a devout and practicing Hindu. The Commission was disbanded by the Shiv Sena led government in January 1996 and on public opposition was later reconstituted on 28 May 1996; though when it was reconstituted, its terms of reference were extended to include the Mumbai bomb blasts that followed in March 1993.

The report of the commission stated that the tolerant and secular foundations of the city were holding even if a little shakily. Justice Srikrishna indicted those he alleged as largely responsible for the second phase of the bloodshed and to some extent, the first—the Shiv Sena.

The report was criticized as “politically motivated”. For a while, its contents were a closely guarded secret and no copies were available. The Shiv Sena-government rejected its recommendations. Since under the Commissions of Inquiry Act, an Inquiry is not a court of law (even if it conducts proceedings like a court of law) and the report of an inquiry is not binding on Governments, Srikrishna's recommendations cannot be directly enforced. Till date, the recommendations of the Commission have neither been accepted nor acted upon by the Maharashtra Government. Many indicted policemen were promoted by the government and indicted politicians continue to hold high political office even today.


Bombay - a Bollywood movie based on the 1992-93 Bombay riots



Riots pictures on timesrelieffund.com website.

http://www.timesrelieffund.com/riots/riotspic.htm

Full Report of the Justice BN Srikrishna Commission
http://www.sabrang.com/srikrish/sri%20main.htm


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Intro


1993 Mumbai Bombings
Location :- Bombay, India
Target(s) :- Hotels, office buildings, banks, etc.
Date :- March 12, 1993
Time :- 13:30-15:40 (UTC+ 5.5)
Attack type :- Car Bombs
Deaths :- 257[1]
Injured :- 713[2]
Perpetrator(s):- Militant Islamic groups, ISI (Pakistan)

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