1993 Mumbai Blasts

Mumbai Attacks Accused Enjoying 5-Star Hospitality: India At UN

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday January 13, 2021

India on Tuesday asserted that the international community must not allow terrorism to be justified and terrorists glorified as it told the UN Security Council that the crime syndicate responsible for the 1993 Mumbai blasts is given not just State protection but enjoying 5-star hospitality, a veiled reference to the D-company head Dawood Ibrahim be...

Top Court Rejects Gangster Abu Salem's Plea Claiming His Extradition "Illegal"

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Stela Dey | Thursday January 7, 2021

The Supreme Court declined to hear a plea by 1993 Mumbai blasts convict Abu Salem today, who claimed his extradition from Portugal in 2005 was illegal and liable to be cancelled because of alleged breach of terms by Indian authorities.

"Paatal Lok" Actor Asif Basra Found Dead In Himachal Pradesh Home

India News | Reported by Mohammed Ghazali, Edited by Debanish Achom | Thursday November 12, 2020

Actor Asif Basra was found dead in Himachal Pradesh's Mcleodganj, the police have said. A forensic team has arrived to find out the cause of death, the police said, adding they are investigating whether it was death by suicide. Most recently known for his role in the thriller series Paatal Lok, Mr Basra has appeared in a number of Bollywood movies,...

Man Who Invested Abu Salem's Money In Delhi-NCR Arrested In Mumbai

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday July 16, 2020

A key aide of 1993 Mumbai blasts case convict Abu Salem who worked in his illegal property business in Delhi-NCR has been arrested by the Special Task Force (STF) of the Uttar Pradesh police, officials said on Thursday.

Abu Salem's Plea Claiming India Violated His Extradition Conditions Rejected By Lisbon Court

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday April 24, 2020

A Lisbon court has dismissed a petition by 1993 Mumbai blasts' case convict Abu Salem claiming that his extradition conditions were violated by India, officials said.

1993 Serial Blasts Key Conspirator Arrested With Pak Passport In Mumbai

India News | Written by Saurabh Gupta | Monday February 10, 2020

A key accused in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, who is a close associate of the terror attack's key conspirator Tiger Memon, was arrested from the airport in Maharashtra's capital by the Gujarat Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) in a drug seizure case, a senior official said on Monday.

Out On 21-Day Parole, 1993 Mumbai Blasts Convict "Doctor Bomb" Goes Missing

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday January 17, 2020

68-year-old convict of the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, Jalees Ansari, went missing on Thursday morning while being on parole, officials said.

Abdul Gani Turk, 1993 Mumbai Blasts Convict, Dies In Nagpur Prison

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday April 25, 2019

Abdul Gani Turk, a 1993 Mumbai serial blasts convict lodged at the Nagpur Central Jail, died Thursday, an official said.

Supplementary Charge Sheet Filed Against 1993 Mumbai Blasts Accused

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday November 27, 2018

The CBI has filed supplementary charges in the 1993 Bombay blasts case against key accused Ahmed Kamal Shaikh, who was part of a conspiracy meeting attended by Dawood Ibrahim in Dubai to execute the deadliest terror attack in India.

Criminalisation Of Politics Felt Strongest In 1993 Mumbai Blasts: Top Court

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday September 25, 2018

Criminalisation of politics was felt in its strongest form during the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts which was the result of a collaboration of a diffused network of criminal gangs, police, customs officials and their political patrons, the Supreme Court said Tuesday.

Abu Salem, 1993 Mumbai Blasts Case Convict, Denied Parole To Get Married

India News | Edited By Richa Taneja (With Inputs From ANI) | Saturday April 21, 2018

Gangster Abu Salem is currently serving life term in Mumbai's Taloja jail for his role in the 1993 serial blasts in Mumbai.

Tahir Merchant, Death Row Convict In 1993 Mumbai Blasts, Dies In Hospital

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday April 18, 2018

Tahir Merchant, one of the convicts in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case who was sentenced to death, died at a hospital in Pune early today, a police officer said. Merchant, who was also known as Tahir Takla, was admitted to Sassoon Hospital at 3 am after he complained of chest pain. He died during treatment, the officer said

Dawood Ibrahim's Top Aide Deported From Dubai In Big Catch For India

India News | Written by Saurab Gupta | Thursday March 8, 2018

An aide of underworld don and 1993 Mumbai serial blasts accused Dawood Ibrahim has been deported from Dubai, police said. Farooq Takla was brought to Mumbai this morning. He will be produced before Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court on Wednesday. Farooq had fled from India after the blasts. A Red Corner Notice was iss...

1993 Mumbai Blasts: Supreme Court Stays Execution Of Death Row Convict

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday December 5, 2017

The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the execution of death row convict Tahir Merchant in the sensational 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case.

Bhoomi Box Office Collection Day 3: Sanjay Dutt's Film Earns Rs 7.48 Crore

Entertainment | Monday September 25, 2017

Bhoomi is Sanjay Dutt's first film post his five-year jail term in 1993 Mumbai blasts case