Post by Anja Nieser on Sept 19, 2006 16:37:22 GMT -5
Plaza bombers guilty, face death penalty
All his life, Shahnawaz Qureshi lived in a Bandra slum, never attended
school and worked in an abbatoir. In February 1993, he was sent to
Pakistan via Dubai to receive training in handling weapons like AK-56
rifles and in lobbing grenades. On Monday, he became the 1st of the 19
Pakistan-trained accused in the 1993 bomb blasts to be held guilty in
Mumbai's 1st terror attack.
On March 12 that year, Shahnawaz, now 48 years old, went along with Asgar
Mukadam, now 45 and the manager of main conspirator Tiger Memon, to park a
red RDX-laden Maruti van fitted with a pencil timer outside Plaza cinema,
in the heart of the city at Dadar. It exploded minutes after it was parked
at 3.15 pm, killing 10 people persons and injuring 37.
On Monday, after 13 years, special Tada judge P D Kode held both guilty of
causing the Plaza blast. The maximum punishment they face is death by
hanging.
Shahnawaz also became the 1st of the 123 accused to be held guilty of the
charge of knowingly participating in the arms landing operation and for
transportation of the arms, RDX explosives and ammunition from Shekhadi at
Raigadh to Mumbai. The court has already held 5 accused guilty 4 members
of the Memon family for conspiracy, and the bomber at Zaveri Bazaar.
Mukadam, who used to run a shop in the Heera Panna complex at Haji Ali,
was the 1st person to be picked up in the case on March 14, 1993, and was
shown arrested on March 18. He was held guilty on 14 counts, including for
criminal conspiracy under Tada for packing RDX and timing devices into
cars and scooters at Tiger Memons residence in Al Hussaini building in
Mahim on the night of March 11. He was also found guilty of collecting
money from co-accused Mulshand Shah for disbursement to those who were
involved in the blast conspiracy.
Judge Kode also found Mukadam guilty of "knowingly facilitating" the
blasts at 3 suburban 5-star hotels Hotel Sea Rock, Juhu Centaur and
Airport Centaur by accompanying the other co-accused in the cars carrying
bombs in suitcases.
(source: The Times of India)
All his life, Shahnawaz Qureshi lived in a Bandra slum, never attended
school and worked in an abbatoir. In February 1993, he was sent to
Pakistan via Dubai to receive training in handling weapons like AK-56
rifles and in lobbing grenades. On Monday, he became the 1st of the 19
Pakistan-trained accused in the 1993 bomb blasts to be held guilty in
Mumbai's 1st terror attack.
On March 12 that year, Shahnawaz, now 48 years old, went along with Asgar
Mukadam, now 45 and the manager of main conspirator Tiger Memon, to park a
red RDX-laden Maruti van fitted with a pencil timer outside Plaza cinema,
in the heart of the city at Dadar. It exploded minutes after it was parked
at 3.15 pm, killing 10 people persons and injuring 37.
On Monday, after 13 years, special Tada judge P D Kode held both guilty of
causing the Plaza blast. The maximum punishment they face is death by
hanging.
Shahnawaz also became the 1st of the 123 accused to be held guilty of the
charge of knowingly participating in the arms landing operation and for
transportation of the arms, RDX explosives and ammunition from Shekhadi at
Raigadh to Mumbai. The court has already held 5 accused guilty 4 members
of the Memon family for conspiracy, and the bomber at Zaveri Bazaar.
Mukadam, who used to run a shop in the Heera Panna complex at Haji Ali,
was the 1st person to be picked up in the case on March 14, 1993, and was
shown arrested on March 18. He was held guilty on 14 counts, including for
criminal conspiracy under Tada for packing RDX and timing devices into
cars and scooters at Tiger Memons residence in Al Hussaini building in
Mahim on the night of March 11. He was also found guilty of collecting
money from co-accused Mulshand Shah for disbursement to those who were
involved in the blast conspiracy.
Judge Kode also found Mukadam guilty of "knowingly facilitating" the
blasts at 3 suburban 5-star hotels Hotel Sea Rock, Juhu Centaur and
Airport Centaur by accompanying the other co-accused in the cars carrying
bombs in suitcases.
(source: The Times of India)