Abu Salem, four others held guilty in 1993 Mumbai serial blasts

by news
June 16, 2017

Mumbai: A Special TADA Court on Friday found deported mafia don Abu Salem guilty in the March 1993 Mumbai serials blasts which claimed 257 lives.

Salem, who was extradited from Portugal in 2005, was charged with supplying the arms and ammunition, including the deadly RDX, which were used in the blasts.

Besides Salem, Mustafa Dossa, Firoz Khan, Tahir Merchant have also been found guilty under various charges in the same case, as the Special Court delivered its verdict on Friday.

Mustafa Dossa, one of the prime accused in the case, was found guilty of taking part in the blasts conspiracy meetings held in India and Dubai before the terror strike was carried out at 12 targets in Mumbai.

He is also found guilty of arranging for the arms and ammunition for the blasts with his brother Mohammed Dossa and making travel arrangements for some of the persons involved to meet absconder mafia don Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar.