1993 Mumbai serial blasts: 6 including Abu Salem convicted , one acquitted

Six people, including Mustafa Dossa and gangster Abu Salem, were convicted on Friday of conspiring and carrying out a string of bomb blasts that ripped through the heart of Mumbai in 1993 and killed 257 people in what was India's worst terrorist attack.

The Terrorist And Disruptive Activities (Prevention) (TADA) Act court in Mumbai also convicted Firoz Khan, Karimullah Shaikh, Tahir Merchant and Riyaz Siddiqui. Abdul Qayyum Shaikh - who was accused of accompanying Salem to deliver arms - was let off.

However, all the



seven accused were acquitted of the charge of waging war against the nation.

Dossa was convicted on charges of conspiracy and murder as well as for offences under the TADA act, the arms act and the explosives act. Dossa allegedly planned the landing of explosives, including Research Department Explosive or RDX, in India and sent some men to Pakistan to acquire arms training to execute the blasts.

Salem was held as one of the main conspirators and found guilty of transporting weapons from Gujarat to Mumbai ahead of the blasts.