Mumbai Serial Blasts

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.

Mumbai Blasts Convict "Doctor Bomb" Who Jumped Parole Arrested In UP

India News | Reported by Alok Pandey, Saurabh Gupta, Edited by Vaibhav Tiwari | Friday January 17, 2020

A 68-year-old convict of the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, Jalees Ansari, who had gone missing on Thursday after he jumped parole, has been arrested in Kanpur today.

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.

Dubai Police Grills Chhota Shakeel's Brother At Abu Dhabi Airport

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Sunday December 16, 2018

The Dubai Police on Saturday detained Anwar Babu Sheikh, the brother of missing mafiosi Chhota Shakeel, reports said. Sheikh, who is wanted in Mumbai and Thane in connection with several offences including the March 1993 Mumbai serials blasts, was detained and questioned by the Dubai Police.

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.

Terrorist Dawood Ibrahim's Mumbai Properties To Be Seized By Government

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan | Friday April 20, 2018

Most-wanted terrorist Dawood Ibrahim's properties worth crores in Mumbai will be taken over by the government, the Supreme Court said today, dismissing petitions by his sister Hasina Parkar and mother Amina Bi Kaskar.

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

Court Extends Dawood Aide Farooq Takla's CBI Custody Till March 28

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday March 19, 2018

A Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court here today extended the CBI custody of fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's aide Yasin Mansoor Mohamed Farooq alias Farooq Takla till March 28.

25 Years Of 1993 Mumbai Serial Blasts: A Timeline

India News | Edited by Richa Taneja | Monday March 12, 2018

The 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, masterminded by fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim, claimed the lives of 257 people and left over 700 grievously injured, with some of them suffering disabilities.

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.

Iqbal Kaskar's Police Custody Extended By 4 Days In Extortion Case

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday September 27, 2017

The police custody of Iqbal Kaskar, brother of India's most wanted terrorist Dawood Ibrahim, has been extended by four days by a magistrate's court in Thane today. The police said the probe into an extortion case against him is not yet complete

Dawood Ibrahim Is In Pakistan, Scared To Call Family, Says Brother Iqbal Kaskar

India News | Edited By Debanish Achom | Friday September 22, 2017

India's most wanted terrorist Dawood Ibrahim is still in Pakistan, his brother Iqbal Kaskar has told interrogators from the Intelligence Bureau or IB and the Thane Police's crime branch, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday. Thane Police arrested Kaskar on September 19 in Mumbai in an alleged extortion case