MUMBAI BOMB BLAST

MUMBAI BOMB BLAST 
11993 Bombay bombings

The 1993 Bombay bombings were a series of 13 bomb explosions that took place in Bombay (known now as Mumbai), Maharashtra, India on Friday, 12 March 1993.^[3] The coordinated attacks were the most destructive bomb explosions in Indian history.^[4] This was first of its kind serial-bomb-blasts across the world. The single-day attacks resulted in 357 fatalities and 717 injuries.^{[5][verification needed]}

The attacks were coordinated by Dawood Ibrahim,^[6] don of the Mumbai-based international organised crime syndicate named D-Company.^[7] It is widely believed that D-Company executed it on behest of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence. Ibrahim is believed to have ordered and helped organise the bombings in Mumbai, through his subordinates Tiger Memon and Yakub Memon. The bombings are also believed to have been financially assisted by the expatriate Indian smugglers, Hajji Ahmed, Hajji Umar and Taufiq Jaliawala, as well as the Pakistani smugglers, Dawood Jatt.

The Supreme Court of India gave its judgement on 21 March 2013 after over 20 years of judicial proceedings sentencing the accused.^[8] [9][10]However, the two main suspects in the case, Dawood Ibrahim andTiger Memon, have not yet been arrested or tried.^[11] After India's three-judge Supreme Court bench rejected Memon's curative petition, saying the grounds raised by him do not fall within the principles laid down by the apex court in 2002,^[12] the Maharashtra state government executed Yakub Memon, on 30 July 2015.^[13]

Contents

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• 1Prelude
  • 1.1Background
  • 1.2Confession of Gul Mohammed
• 2The bombings
• 3Aftermath
• 4Arrests, convictions and verdict
  • 4.1The Memons
  • 4.2The Planters
  • 4.3Accused involved
  • 4.4Landing agents
  • 4.5Customs officials
  • 4.6Policemen
  • 4.7Sanjay Dutt and co-conspirators
  • 4.8Others
• 5Popular culture
• 6See also
• 7References
• 8External links

Prelude[edit]

Background[edit]

In December 1992 and January 1993, there was widespread rioting in Mumbai^[14] following the demolition by Hindus with hand tools of the disputed structure babari masjid in Ayodhya. A series of riots soon erupted throughout the nation, most notably in Mumbai. Five years after the December–January riots, the Srikrishna Commission Report found that nine hundred individuals lost their lives and over two thousand were injured.^[15]

Confession of Gul Mohammed[edit]

Three days before the bombings took place on 9 March 1993, a small time hood from the Behrampada slum in North east Mumbai named Gul Noor Mohammad Sheikh a.k.a. "Gullu" was detained at the Nav Pada police station. A participant in the communal riots that had rocked Mumbai the previous year, Gullu was also one of the 19 men handpicked by the silver smuggler and chief mastermind, Tiger Memon and sent to Pakistan via Dubai on 19 February 1993, for training of the use of arms and bomb making.^[16]

Upon completion of his training, Gullu returned to Mumbai via Dubai on 4 March 1993, only to find that in his absence the police had picked up his brothers to get him to surrender. In a vain attempt to secure his brothers' release, Gullu surrendered to the police. He confessed to his role in the riots, his training in Pakistan, and a conspiracy underway to bomb major locations around the city, including the Mumbai Stock Exchange, Sahar International Airport and the Sena Bhavan. However, his conspiracy claim was dismissed by the police as "mere bluff".^[16]

The arrest of Gul Mohammed spurred Tiger Memon to advance the date of the blasts which were to coincide with the Shiv Jayanti celebrations in April 1993 to 12 March to pre-empt any police action.^[16][17]

The bombings[edit]

At 1:30 pm a powerful car bomb exploded in the basement of the Mumbai Stock Exchange building. The 28-story office building housing the exchange was severely damaged, and many nearby office buildings also suffered some damage. About 50 were killed by this explosion.^[18] About 30 minutes later, another car bomb exploded in front of the Mandvi Branch Corporation Bank near Masjid, and from 1:30 pm to 3:40 pm a total of 13 bombs exploded throughout Mumbai. Most of the bombs were car bombs, but some were in scooters.^[19]

Three hotels, the Hotel Sea Rock, Hotel Juhu Centaur, and Hotel Airport Centaur, were targeted by suitcase bombs left in rooms booked by the perpetrators.^[20] Banks, the regional passport office, the Air India Building, and a major shopping complex were also hit. Bombs exploded at Zaveri Bazaar, area opposite of Century Bazaar, Katha Bazaar, Sena Bhavan, and Plaza Theatre. A jeep-bomb at the Century Bazaar exploded.^[21] Grenades were also thrown at Sahar International Airport and at Fishermen's Colony, apparently targeting Hindus at the latter.^[22] A double decker bus was very badly damaged in one of the explosions and that single incident accounted for the greatest loss of life – perhaps up to ninety people were killed.^[21]

Locations attacked included:

• Fisherman's Colony in Mahim causeway^[23]
• Zaveri Bazaar^[20]
• Plaza Cinema^[20]
• Century Bazaar^[20]
• Katha Bazaar^[20]
• Hotel Sea Rock^[20]
• Terminal at Sahar Airport (now known as CSIA)^[20]
• Air India Building^[20]
• Hotel Juhu Centaur^[20]
• Worli^[24]
• Mumbai Stock Exchange Building^[18]
• Passport Office^[25]
• Masjid- Mandvi Corporation Bank Branch

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