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1993 Mumbai blasts: TADA court to pronounce order against Abu Salem

The special Terrorist And Disruptive Activities Act (TADA) court in Mumbai will pronounce its orders against gangster Abu Salem and…

1993 Mumbai blasts: TADA court to pronounce order against Abu Salem

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The special Terrorist And Disruptive Activities Act (TADA) court in Mumbai will pronounce its orders against gangster Abu Salem and others in 1993 Mumbai blasts case on Monday.

Salem, who is facing dozens of criminal cases in India, is currently lodged in Taloja jail in Mumbai. He was extradited from Portugal in 2005. He has been named in the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts case and is an accused in a slew of other cases related to murder and extortion.

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He was sentenced to life imprisonment by a special court in the 1995 murder of Mumbai builder Pradeep Jain in February 2015.

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The other accused in the 1993 Mumbai blasts includes Karimullah Khan, Feroze Abdul Rashid, Tahir Merchant and Mustafa Dossa.

According to reports, 13 blasts had ripped through Mumbai on 12 March, 1993, killing over 257 people. Around 713 people were injured in the incident.

(With inputs from agencies)

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