Abu Salem sentenced to life imprisonment, others 2 get death In Mumbai blasts case

NEW DELHI: Mastermind Abu Salem and Karimullah Khan involvement with Mumbai blast in the year 1993 has been sentenced to life imprisonment in jail, while Two other offenders Tahir Merchant and Feroz Khan have been sentenced to death. Abu Salem was delivered from Portugal about 12 years ago and then tried for the blast in which 257 people were killed and more than 700 seriously injured. Abu Salem, accused of transporting weapons from Gujarat to Mumbai, was arrested in Portugal in 2002. He was also responsible for giving weapons to actor Sanjay Dutt, who was accused in the case for the illegal possession of an AK-56 rifle, 250 bullets and some hand grenades at his residence on January 16, 1993. Top 10 updates in this story: 1. A special court has also slapped a fine of Rs. 2,00,000 on Abu Salem and Karimullah Khan due to guilty of murder, supplying arms and other serious offences. 2. The CBI had asked for life imprisonment for Abu Salem, who was offended under the stringent Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act. 3. Abu Salem was extradited from Portugal in 2005 and cannot be sentenced to death because of a guarantee to the Portuguese. 4. Another convict, Mustafa Dossa was extradited from the UAE. He died in June of a heart attack. 5. A number of other accused in the case, including India ' s most wanted terrorist Dawood Ibrahim, remain on the run. 6. This was the second part of the trial in the serial blasts case involving seven accused by a TADA court in Mumbai. 7. Yakub Memon was hanged in 2015 after a historic middle-of-the-night hearing in which the Supreme Court dismissed his final appeal. 8. A series of 13 blasts in quick succession ripped through various locations of India ' s financial capital on March 12, 1993. The targets included the Air India Building, the Bombay Stock Exchange, Zaveri Bazar, hotels SeaRock and Hotel Juhu Centaur. Property worth Rs. 27 crore was damaged. 9. Abu Salem, accused of transporting weapons from Gujarat to Mumbai, was arrested in Portugal in 2002. 10. The court recorded the statements of around 800 witnesses. Three including Abu Salem had confessed to their crime during investigations carried out by the CBI over the years.