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Two sentenced to death, two jailed for life in 1993 Mumbai blasts case

MUMBAI: An Indian court has sentenced two to death and two others to life in jail over their involvement in India’s most deadly bombings, a series of blasts in Mumbai that killed 257 people in 1993.

Feroz Abdul Rashid Khan and Taher Merchant were sentenced to death by a special court today whereas Abu Salem and Karimullah Khan were jailed for life.

A fifth man, Riyaz Siddiqui, was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

In June, a court had ruled six men, including Abu Salem, guilty of involvement in the blasts that shook Mumbai more than two decades ago, but one died in prison before sentencing.

Investigators had said the bombs were ordered by India’s most wanted man, gangster Dawood Ibrahim, to avenge the demolition of the historic Babri mosque in north India by Hindu hardliners in 1992, during a period of religious conflict.

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M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.