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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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