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... Read more

Moving Target

Terror PlannersLashker-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 PathThey reach the relatively quiet & less protected southern states from or through Pakistan & Bangladesh.The MissionTo recruit members in the south,to hide there after offences elsewhere & to hatch terror plots.Taking AimBesides soft targets including IT companies in the southern... Read more

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,... Read more

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.

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... Read more

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.

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.

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            IncidentsIraq                       29,070              12,718India... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

Sanjay Dutt & Partners in Crime

Sanjay DuttThe 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 Crime1.Rushi Mulla(64)Role :- Possession... Read more

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.