tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76267211046053247052024-03-17T20:03:50.705-07:00Horosoft Newshorosofthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04082162655675390912noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626721104605324705.post-72269821847153994302017-06-15T22:59:00.001-07:002017-06-15T22:59:02.518-07:00 1993 Mumbai Blasts Case: Verdict Against Abu Salem, Others Likely Today<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span class="place_cont" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-transform: uppercase;">MUMBAI: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> A special Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act or TADA court in Mumbai is likely to pronounce its judgement today in the second leg of the trial in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case involving seven accused including extradited gangster Abu Salem. The blasts had left 257 people dead, 713 seriously injured and destroyed properties worth </span><span class="rupee" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: RupeeForadianRegular !important; font-size: 16px;">R<span style="box-sizing: inherit; left: -9999em; position: absolute; text-indent: -9999em;">s.</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> 27 crore.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">In the first leg of the trial that concluded in 2007, the TADA court had convicted 100 accused in the case, while 23 people were acquitted.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The trial of the seven accused -- Abu Salem, Mustafa Dossa, Karimullah Khan, Firoz Abdul Rashid Khan, Riyaz Siddiqui, Tahir Merchant and Abdul Quayyum -- were separated from the main case as they were arrested at the time of conclusion of the main trial.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Abu Salem was accused of transporting weapons from Gujarat to Mumbai. He also handed over to actor Sanjay Dutt, who was an accused in the case for illegally possessing weapons, AK 56 rifles, 250 bullets and some hand grenades at his residence on January 16, 1993. Two days later on January 18, 1993, Abu Salem and two others went to Sanjay Dutt's house and got back two rifles and some rounds.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The court had dropped certain charges against Abu Salem in 2013 after the investigating agency --CBI-- moved a plea, saying those charges were against the extradition treaty between India and Portugal.</span><br />
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<br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Mustafa Dossa is said to have masterminded the landing of explosives including RDX in India and sent some youth to Pakistan to acquire arms training. The court, in all, recorded statements of around 750 prosecution witnesses and 50 witnesses. Three accused including Abu Salem had confessed to their crime during investigations carried out by the CBI over the years into the blasts case.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Though the hearing in the case began in 2007, it was delayed as three petitions were pending with the Supreme Court, one each filed by Mustafa Dossa and Abu Salem, and another by the CBI.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The trial resumed in 2012 and concluded this year in March. The case (involving the seven accused) was first heard by judge Pramod Kode, who had also delivered the judgement in the first leg of the trial and convicted 100 accused and acquitted 23 in 2007.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Later, judge DU Mullah presided over the TADA court, and the case is now being heard by judge GA Sanap.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">It was during the trial in 2013 that the Supreme Court pronounced a judgement on appeal filed by all the accused wherein key conspirator Yakub Memon's death sentence was confirmed, while that of others (all bomb planters) were commuted to life imprisonment.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Sanjay Dutt and many others surrendered before the TADA court in Mumbai in May 2013 after the Supreme Court upheld their conviction.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><iframe frameborder="0" height="1" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; max-width: 650px !important;" width="1"></iframe><br />
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<br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Yakub Memon was executed on July 30, 2015 after his several pleas seeking clemency were rejected, including the post-midnight hearing by Supreme Court on the day he was hanged.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">On March 12, 1993 Mumbai witnessed an unprecedented terrorist attack when a series of 12 bomb explosions took place one after another in a span of about two hours.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The blasts took place at the Bombay Stock Exchange, Katha Bazaar, Lucky petrol pump near Sena Bhavan, opposite Passport office near Century Bazaar, Fishermen's colony at Mahim Causeway, at basement of Air India Building, Zaveri Bazaar, Hotel Sea Rock, Plaza Theatre, Centaur Hotel (Juhu), Sahar Airport (Bay no.54) and Centaur Hotel (near Mumbai airport).</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">This was the first ever terrorist attack in the world where RDX (Research Department Explosive i.e cyclotrimethylene trinitramine) was used on such a large scale since the Second World War.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">According to the prosecution, in order to avenge the demolition of the Babri Masjid, members of the crime syndicate under the fugitive terrorist Dawood Ibrahim along with other absconding terror masterminds Tiger Memon, Mohammed Dossa and Mustafa Dossa (who is presently facing trial) hatched a conspiracy to commit acts of terrorism in India.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The prosecution said that the aim of the crime was to commit terrorist acts with an intent to overawe the Government of India, to strike terror on the people of India, alienate section of society and to harm communal harmony.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">It said that the terror conspirators smuggled fire-arms, ammunition, detonators, hand grenades and highly explosive substances like RDX into India and stored it.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">According to the prosecution, Mustafa Dossa, Tiger Memon and Chhota Shakeel organised training camps in Pakistan and in India to impart and undergo weapon and arms training and handling of explosives. They also sent men from India to Pakistan via Dubai for arms training.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The prosecution also said that the conspirators held 15 meetings before the execution of the blasts.</span></div>
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Reflecting global crude oil prices, petrol price was cut by Rs 1.12 per litre and diesel by Rs 1.24 per litre with effect from tomorrow.</div>
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Oil companies made the announcement in the evening today and the change in price will be effective from June 16.</div>
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From tomorrow, India will switch to a market dynamic system under which petrol and diesel prices will be revised on a daily basis.</div>
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Rates will change at 6 am everyday depending on movement in cost on the previous day.</div>
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Currently, prices are revised on 1st and 16th of every month based on the fortnightly average of international oil price and the foreign exchange rate.</div>
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The last of such revision was announced today when petrol price was reduced by Rs 1.12 per litre, excluding state levies (VAT), and diesel by Rs 1.24 a litre, said Indian Oil Corp, the nation's largest fuel retailer.</div>
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Actual reduction would be higher after taking into account local sales tax or VAT.</div>
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Petrol will cost Rs 65.48 a litre in Delhi from tomorrow as against Rs 66.91 per litre currently. A litre of diesel will cost Rs 54.49 as compared to Rs 55.94 at present.</div>
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IOC said daily revision of retail selling price of petrol and diesel on pilot basis was implemented in Chandigarh, Jamshedpur, Puducherry District, Udaipur and Visakhapatnam from May 1.</div>
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"On the same lines, IOC intends to start revising retail selling prices of petrol and diesel across the country on a daily basis with effect from June 16. The prices declared on a daily basis shall be applicable from 6 AM to 6 AM the next day," IOC said in a statement.</div>
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The reduction in rate announced today comes on the back of Rs 1.23 a litre hike in petrol rates on June 1 and Rs 0.89 a litre in diesel price.</div>
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"The current level of international product prices of petrol and diesel and Indian Rupee-US Dollar exchange rate warrant decrease in selling price of petrol and diesel, the impact of which is being passed on to the consumers with this price revision," the statement said.</div>
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A few people have kicked the bucket and more than 50 are in healing facility after an immense fire seethed during that time at a west London tower hinder, a fire boss says.<br />
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Onlookers said they saw individuals caught inside the consuming Grenfell Tower, in north Kensington, shouting for help, and yelling for their kids to be spared.<br />
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Firefighters, still at the scene, safeguarded "huge numbers" of occupants.<br />
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The 24-story square, now smoking remains, takes a gander at danger of giving way.<br />
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Onlookers said they saw lights - thought to be cell phones or lights - blazing at the highest point of the piece of pads, and caught occupants going to their windows - some holding kids.<br />
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The Met Police has set up a crisis number on 0800 0961 233 for anybody worried about companions or family.<br />
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