Mumbai Blasts

Mumbai 13/7 blasts case cracked, 3 arrested

2012-01-23T13:29:00.000+05:30

The Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) of the Mumbai Police on Monday arrested three people in connection with last year's July 13 serial blasts in which 27 people were killed and over 100 injured, sources said.

Claiming to have cracked the serial blasts that rocked Zaveri Bazar, Opera House and Dadar in south and central Mumbai, sources said the arrests have been made by Mumbai Police from Bihar, according to IANS.

Two people, Naqi Ahmed and Nadeem Akhtar have been arrested for their involvement in the blasts, Times Now reported. Indian Mujahideen's Yasin Bhatkal IM was behind the blasts, according to ATS. ATS chief Rakesh Maria was likely to reveal more details in the case later Monday.

The investigation is being conducted by teams of the Mumbai Police, Maharashtra's Criminal Investigation Department (CID), National Investigation Agency (NIA) and others, with support from the local security agencies in several states.

Source :- http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com

101 East - Terror in Mumbai - Dec 24

2011-07-16T20:52:00.000+05:30

REPEATED TARGET OF TERROR

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THE METROPOLIS HAS OFTEN BEEN THE TARGET OF TERRORISM SINCE THE SERIAL BLASTS OF 1993

MARCH 12,1993: MUMBAI SERIAL BLASTS

Blasts organized by underworld gangsters hiding in Pakistan kill the most people in a single terror attack on the city.Fugitive don Dawood Ibrahim and the absconding Tiger Memon are among the main accused.Deadly RDX bombs go off at 11 places,including the Bombay Stock Exchange,Narsi Natha Street (Katha Bazaar),Lucky Petrol Pump (opposite Sena Bhavan),Zaveri Bazar,Century Bazar (Worli),Air India Building (Nariman Point),Centaur Hotel (Santa Cruz),Naigaum Cross Road,Centaur Hotel (Juhu),Sea Rock Hotel (Bandra) and Plaza Cinema (Dadar).There are also two grenade attacks at Machchimar Nagar,Mahim and in the airport area

Dead: 257 | Injured: 713 | Losses: Rs 27 crore

Case:
The mammoth trial starts on June 30,1995 and takes over 13 years to complete.123 stand trial and 100 are found guilty;12 get death and 20 lifer.32 remain absconding,mainly in Pakistan.The death-row inmates have approached the Supreme Court.The CBI has appealed against over 40 acquittals under Tada

1998 BLASTS

Bombs go off at Kanjurmarg station on January 23,on the Goregaon and Malad tracks on January 24 and near Virar station,Santa Cruz station and Kandivli station on February 27

Dead: 4 | Injured: Over 30

Case: 11,including 2 Pakistanis,get lifers

DECEMBER 2,2002: FIRST GHATKOPAR BLAST

An ammonium nitrate bomb rips through a BEST bus outside Ghatkopar station

Dead: 2 | Injured: 49

Case: All 8 are acquitted,but the state has appealed in the Bombay High Court

DECEMBER 6,2002: MUMBAI CENTRAL BLAST

Blast at a fast-food joint at the station

Dead: None | Injured: 25

Case: 16 face charges;a MCOCA judge has to be appointed

JANUARY 27,2003: VILE PARLE BLAST

Ammonium nitrate bomb goes off at Vile Parle

Dead: 1 | Injured: 20

Case: Same as Mumbai Central blast.

MARCH 13,2003: MULUND BLAST

Ammonium nitrate bomb goes off at Mulund on a Karjat-bound train

Dead: 11 | Injured: 70

Case: Same as Mumbai Central blast

JULY 28,2003: SECOND GHATKOPAR BLAST

Ammonium nitrate bomb goes off on a BEST bus

Dead: 4 | Injured: 32

Case: Trial is pending

AUGUST 25,2003: TWIN BLASTS

Black Monday at Gateway of India and Zaveri Bazar.RDX bombs go off in two taxis.It is the second time powerful RDX is used after the 1993 serial explosions

Dead: 52 | Injured: Over 100

Case:
Pota court sentences Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operatives Ashrat Ansari,Hanif Sayed and Sayeds wife
Fahmida to death.Ansari has appealed to the Bombay High Court,which has to uphold the death sentences.

JULY 11,2006: 11/7 BLASTS

7 RDX and ammonium nitrate bombs rip through 7 first-class local train coaches.The bombs go off at Khar,Bandra,Jogeshwari,Mahim,Borivli,Matunga and Mira-Bhayander in a span of 7 minutes

Dead: 188 | Injured: 817 | Losses: Rs 85.61 cr

Case:
13 men with Simi links face the death penalty in a trial underway in a MCOCA court.15 others,mainly Pakistanis,are absconding.The trial begins in December 2007,but is stalled twice before it resumes in
April 2010 on orders from the apex court.

NOVEMBER 26-29,2008: 26/11 ATTACKS

Ten ISI-backed,LeT gunmen reach Mumbai from Karachi via sea and attack high-profile locations,like Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus,the Taj,Oberoi-Trident and Chhabad House.RDX bombs are also set off outside and in the Taj,near Nariman House and in two taxis.One of the deadliest attacks on Mumbai goes on for 60 hours,until 1 terrorist is arrested and 9 are killed

Dead: 166 | Injured: Over 300

Case:
On February 21,2011 the Bombay High Court upholds the death sentence given to the lone arrested gunman,Ajmal Kasab.Kasab has appealed to the Supreme Court.35 accused remain absconding,including the LeTs Hafeez Sayeed and Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi.A related trial drags on in Pakistan,having resumed in July with a new judge hearing the case against Lakhvi and six others.

Source:- Times of India

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2011-07-14T11:55:00.001+05:30

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Three bomb blasts that rocked Mumbai

2011-07-13T21:14:00.004+05:30

Date:- 13-July-2011
Deaths : 21 | Injured : 113

Three bomb blasts that rocked Mumbai on Wednesday evening between 6.30PM and 7 PM in the crowded

Zaveri Bazar
The blasts took place within minutes of each other with the first being reported at 6:50 PM in south Mumbai's Zaveri Bazaar, near the famous Mumbadevi temple(nearby 50 meters)

Opera House
Explosion occured in the Khau Gali bordering the diamond hub at 6:55 PM.

Dadar West(at Kabutar Khana)
The second explosion was reported in a taxi in Dadar at 7:03 PM.
The blast occured at a bus-stop near Antonio D'Silva School, 100 meters
from Multi-faith island temple.

Wednesday blasts took place just two days after the fifth anniversary of the Mumbai serial train blasts on July 11, 2006 in which at least 186 persons were killed.

POTA court to pronounce verdict in 2003

2009-07-28T21:07:00.000+05:30

A special Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) court will pronounce its verdict in the six-year-old Gateway of India and Zaveri Bazaar twin blasts case.

On August 25, 2003, two bombs left in taxis exploded in south Mumbai - the Gateway of India and Zaveri Bazaar in the busy Kalbadevi area, killing 52 people and wounding more than a hundred others.

The court will pronounce its judgment against three accused. They are Haneef Sayyed (46), an auto driver, his wife Fahmeeda (43) and Ashrat Ansari (32).

The attacks were carried out to “avenge” the deaths of Muslims during the 2002 Gujarat riots.

It is the most awaited judgement in a terrorist case after the Special TADA Court completed the March 2, 1993, serial blasts trial in 2007, which led to the conviction of 100 people, including Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt. (ANI)

Three convicted in the 2003 Mumbai twin blasts

2009-07-28T21:06:00.000+05:30

Desk-Six years after twin blasts rocked the Gateway of India and Zaveri Bazaar in 2003 killing 52 people, three persons, including a woman, were today by a special court for the crime on Monday.

Special Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) judge M R Puranik convicted Ashrat Ashrat Ansari (32), Hanif Sayed Anees (46) and his wife Fehmida Sayed (43) who face a maximum sentence of death penalty for their role in carrying out the blasts which also left around 100 injured.

The court said it will hear the arguments of the defence and the prosecution regarding the quantum of sentence to be awarded to the convicted persons on 4th August.

The trio have been convicted under various sections of the IPC for conspiracy, murder and attempt to murder, sections of POTA, Explosive Substances Act and Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act.

The convicts listened carefully to the judge while the verdict was being pronounced and remained silent.

Three more persons had been arrested for their alleged involvement in the blasts, but one of them turned approver in the case.

Two other accused, Mohammed Ansari Ladoowala and Mohammed Hasan Batterywala, were discharged from the case by POTA court after Supreme Court upheld a POTA review committee report that there was no case against the duo.

On 25th August, 2003, two bombs which were placed in taxis exploded and rocked the iconic Gateway of India and the busy Zaveri Bazaar in South Mumbai.

Criticism of Politicians and Resignations

2008-12-07T16:06:00.001+05:30

1) Minister for Home Affairs Shivraj Patil Resigned 30-Nov-2008
Replaced by P. Chidambaram

2) Chief Minister of Maharashtra Vilasrao Deshmukh Resigned 01-Dec-2008
Replaced by Ashok Chavan.

3) Deputy CM of Maharashtra R.R.Patil Resigned 01-Dec-2008
Replaced by Chhagan Bhujbal.

Confession of a captured terrorist

2008-12-07T15:56:00.002+05:30

In addition to 9 Out of 10 terrorists killed & 1 terrorist catched his confession as follows

One of the terrorists, 21-year-old Azam Amir Kasav,was caught at Girgaum Chowpatty Naka in Mumbai trying to escape in a car[69] and taken to the Nair hospital. According to preliminary investigations by intelligence agencies, Azam is from Faridkot in Pakistan(near Multan, not to be confused with a town of the same name found in India & had received arms training in Pakistan.Ammunition, a satellite phone and a layout plan of Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus was recovered from him. He has provided many clues to the investigation agencies and has reportedly described how they arrived at Mumbai from Karachi via Porbandar. He has reportedly said that he and other terrorists had received revolvers, AK-47s, ammunition and dried fruit, from their coordinator. Azam reportedly told the police that they wanted to replicate the Marriott hotel attack in Islamabad, and reduce the Taj Hotel to rubble, replicating the September 11 attacks in India.Kasab also told Indian police that the terrorists targeted Nariman House, where the Chabad center was located, because it was frequented by Israelis, who were targeted to "avenge atrocities on Palestinians."

Mumbai Joint Police Commissioner of Crime Rakesh Maria said, information came out from his interview with Kasab that he is from the Faridkot village in the Okara district of Pakistan's Punjab province. He is the son of Mohammed Amir Kasab.
It is reported that Azam told the police that he and his associate, Ismail Khan, were the ones who shot Anti-Terror Squad chief Hemant Karkare, encounter specialist Vijay Salaskar and Additional Commissioner Ashok Kamte. According to the police, Kasav entered the Taj posing as a student from Mauritius and had planted explosives in the room.

Azam also revealed that he and his associate stayed in Room 630 in the Taj Mahal Palace hotel where they stored ammunition and had many visitors. They had booked the room for four days using fake Mauritian identities.ATS sources indicate that blood and urine tests on Azam showed that the terrorist was heavily drugged while committing the acts of terror.

On November 29, Kasav named his colleagues as Abu Ali, Fahad, Omar, Shoaib, Umer, Abu Akasha, Abu Ismail Dera Ismail Khan, Abdul Rahman (Bara), and Abdul Rahman. He said that they planned to mostly kill indiscriminately while singling out white foreign tourists and sparing Muslims whenever possible. He also said that he had expected to get away with the assault. Two more names are available: Imran and Shahdullah (or Shadullah) Babar (or Babbar) mentioned above. They called an Indian TV station from mobile phones making demands and justifying their attacks, and gave their names as such. It is unclear if these names are the real names to nicknames mentioned above, or that the information emerging is still incomplete.

Times of India reported that, Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, the terrorist arrested by Mumbai Police, has told his interrogators that their plan was to get off the dinghy near the fishing village at Badhwar Park, Cuffe Parade, at dusk and strike all targets except Nariman House between 19:00 and 20:00. However, the landing was delayed and they reached at 20.45.

‘‘They knew that the crowds at CST would be thickest at 19.30 and their bullets would cause the greatest harm,’’ said an Indian officer on condition of anonymity. Kasab told interrogators that Cama hospital and Metro cinema were not in their plan which was to take hostages at CST and return to base by hijacking a boat off the Gateway of India.

Kasab admitted that he and his accomplice, Abu Ismail Khan, had put explosives in the cab that exploded in Wadi Bunder.

Investigating police official said the terrorists had spent the previous three months in Pakistan training and planning their strike.

On 3 December 2008, Indian authorities defused a bomb in Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus railway station—one of the first locations targeted in last week's terrorist siege. Location of the bomb was provided by Kasab during investigation.

A Tribute to Sahid

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Hemant Karkare-ATS Chief
Ashok Kamte-Additional Commissioner
Vijay Salaskar-Encounter specialist
Shashank Shinde-Senior Inspector
Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan-NSG Commando Team Leader
Gajender Singh Bisht-NSG Commando
Prakash More(L.T. Marg Police Station)
B Durgunde-Police Sub-Inspector(ATS)
Tukaram Ombale-Asist. Sub-Inspector(D.B.Marg Police Station)
&
Constables
A R Chitte
Vijay Khadekar
M C Chaudhary(Railways)
Yogesh Patil
Jaywant Patil
Ambadas Pawar
Balwant Bhosale

Now the Body Count

2008-12-07T15:31:00.001+05:30

At least 188 people had been killed.
This includes nearly 40 Muslims and nationals from 10 countries.Among the dead were 141 Indian civilians, 17 policemen and 30 foreigners. The breakdown of the foreigners was as follows: four Americans, four Australians, three Germans, two Israeli-Americans, two Israelis, two Canadians, two French, one Italian, one British-Cypriot, one Dutch, one Japanese, one Jordanian, one Malaysian, one Mauritian, one Mexican, one Singaporean and one Thai.

Operation Black Tornado

2008-12-07T15:28:00.001+05:30

The attacks began on 26 November 2008 and ended on 29 November 2008 when Indian security forces, in Operation Black Tornado, regained control of all attack sites.

SIEGE Status

TAJ
(Shootings &hostages)
Start :- 9:30pm(Wed)
End :-6:00am(Sat)
Killed :- Approx. 40(1 Commando)
Rescued :-Approx. 250

CST
(Shootings &Grenade attacks)
Start :- 9:50pm(Wed)
End :-11pm(Wed)
Killed :- 50

CAMA
(Shootings & hostages)
Start :-10:30pm(Wed)
End:-3:30am(Thu)
Killed :- 5 Policeman

OBEROI
(Shootings, explosions & hostages)
Start:- 9:45pm(Wed)
End:-3pm(Fri)
Killed :-30
Rescued :-143

NARIMAN HOUSE
(Shootings, explosions & hostages)
Start:- 9:50am(Wed)
End:-8:45pm(Fri)
Killed :-7(1 Commando)
Rescued :-9

Leopold Café
(Shootings & Grenade Attacks)
Killed :- 10

Metro Cinema
(Shooting from carjacked police jeep)
Killed :- Approx. 10

Lane behind Times of India building
(Police killed by gunfire)
Killed :- 9 policemen

Mumbai Harbour
(Shootings & Hostages)
Killed:- 4.

South Mumbai (26 -28 Nov)

2008-12-07T15:17:00.004+05:30

Attack type :- Bombings, shootings, hostage crisis
Weapons :- RDX, AK-47, Type 56 and grenades
Deaths :- 188
Injured :- 294
Suspected perpetrators :- Suspects include many terrorist outfits of Pakistan origin- the previously unknown Deccan Mujahideen, the Indian Mujahideen, Lashkar-e-Taiba,Dawood Ibrahim,Jaish-e-Mohammad and Al Qaeda
Number of participants :- Between 10 and 25
Defenders :- Mumbai Police,ATS,MARCOS,NSG

Mumbai came under an unprecendented & noble night attack as terrorists used RDX, AK-47, Type 56 and grenades to strike at the city's most high-profile targets
Eight of the attacks took place at sites in South Mumbai proper:

1) Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus
2) Oberoi Trident,Cuffe Parade
3) Taj Mahal Palace
4) Leopold Café,Colaba
5) Cama & GT Hospital
6) Nariman House(Chabad House)
7) Metro Cinema
8) Lane behind the Times of India building & behind St. Xavier's College.

Explosion at the Mazagaon docks in Mumbai's port area.
A possible tenth incident involved a taxi blast at Vile Parle near the airport,
but it is uncertain whether this was connected to the other nine attacks.

TERROR HELPLINE

2008-12-06T22:07:00.001+05:30

Dear All,

In case you come across any suspicious activity, any suspicious movement
or have any information to tell to the Anti-Terror Squad, please take a
Note of the new ALL INDIA TOLL-FREE Terror Help-line "1090".
Your city's Police or Anti-Terror squad will take action as quickly as possible.
Remember that this single number 1090 is valid all over India This is a toll free number and can be dialed from mobile phones also.
Moreover, the identity of the caller will be kept a secret.
Let us make each and every citizen of India aware about this facility.

Please forward this mail to as many people as possible, and tell everyone Individually also.

Four Terrorists on Prowl

2007-10-26T20:11:00.000+05:30

Acting on a tip off from a taxi driver, five teams of Mumbai’s Anti Terror Squad have launched a massive man-hunt for three men and a woman in veil (burqa), who are suspected to be terrorists targeting popular spots in city. According to reports, the taxi driver, who drove them around the city landmarks on Tuesday got annoyed by their suspicious behaviour and described them as ‘shady characters’.

Further, the police have taken two persons in custody from the Mira Road area on suspicion. The police officials are still trying to establish any connection between those held in custody and the four being hunted.

Meanwhile, a special cell formed by the Mumbai police is seriously hunting for the suspected persons.

The special cell is getting the active co-operation of Gujarat and Hyderabad police, who are co-ordinating with them.

The taxi driver revealed that two of the four suspects are carrying small bags. The driver, who had been hired by the four, at Rs 2000 per day, for two days, informed that the four roamed around the city starting from Mahim Dargah and visited Haji Ali, Mahalaxmi Temple, JJ Hospital and the Hilton towers- all the popular public spots of the city. If the driver is to be believed, the four suspects appeared to be taking a general overview of these public places.

What aroused the driver’s suspicion was the fact that they talked in hush tones in Hindi. Also the fact that they visited a Hindu shrine as well as a Muslim shrine on a single day was peculiar to him. Further when they asked him to keep a parcel to look after, the driver refused and after a tiff with them, he dropped them off at the Shri Siddhivinayak Temple.

He then informed the police about his suspicions.

The Joint Commissioner of Police (Mumbai) has confirmed the incident and has requested the citizens to come forward and help the police.

In view of the recent terror attacks in Ludhiana, Ajmer and Hyderabad, the police are taking the situation very seriously. The police believe that the four were on a recce of the major spots of the city.

Security has been beefed up across the various points in the city and the police have released the sketch of the three men. An official statement is expected later in the day.

METROPOLIS's DARKEST HOURS

2007-08-30T14:17:00.000+05:30

Mumbai has seen 32 explosions set off by terrorists in the last 15 years,starting with an attack at Kalyan railway station which was carried out by Khliastani extremists.

According to offical figures 534 lives have been lost in such incidents, the most horrific being the 1993 serial blasts & the 7/11 train explosins which alone account for 444 deaths. Suspects have been rounded up & tried in almost all the cases. But trials in connection with at least five of them dating back to 2003 are yet to conclude.

Moving Target

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Terror Planners

Lashker-e-Toiba(LeT),Jaish-e-Mohammed(JeM),Harkat ul Jihad al Islami(HUJI),Harkat-ul-Mujahideen(HUM) & many lesser known outfits, all under the umbrella of Al-Qaeda.

The Path

They reach the relatively quiet & less protected southern states from or through Pakistan & Bangladesh.

The Mission

To recruit members in the south,to hide there after offences elsewhere & to hatch terror plots.

Taking Aim

Besides soft targets including IT companies in the southern states, the terror network has plans to attack the rest of India & several places abroad too.

Hyderabad Blasts

2007-08-30T13:48:00.000+05:30

Seven students & three professors from Amrutvahini Engg. College,Ahmednagar,Maharashtra,were among those killed in the Hyderabad blasts on August 25,2007.

Ahmednagar police said that at least 45 second year students were in Hyderabad on a study tour. They decided to stay back for the laser show & were to return on Sunday. "Bodies of three students are beyond recognition. We have informed the parents & some have already arrived,"said a professor on phone from Hyderabad, who survived the blast.

Police identified the deceased as Sourabh Kumar(Pune), Irshad Ahmed(Mumbai)& Sachin Bhavar,Rajesh Bhoir & Milind Mogade from Sangamner in Ahmednagar. The names of others are yet to be confirmed.

Bomb Blast at McDonald

2007-08-30T12:50:00.000+05:30

On December 6,2002 the explosion occured at a McDonald's outlet at Mumbai Central Railway Station. It was set off by a crude bomb; there were no deaths but 25 people were injured. The date of blast assumes significance as it coincides with date of the demolition of Babri Masjid. The trial is still on.

Blasts at Railway Stations

2007-08-29T20:44:00.001+05:30

Date:- January 23,24 & 27
Five Blasts ripped through Mumbai's Railway Stations & Trains in the early months of 1998.

KanjurMarg station(January 23) & the tracks between Goregaon & Malad(January 24) were among the targets.

Three Consecutive blasts occured on one single day(February 27) near Virar, Santacruz & Kandivali Railway Stations. Thease were again low-intensity explosins which killed 4 persons & left over 30 injured.

A session court on July 8,2004,awarded life sentence to 11 convicts , including a Pakistani national,for their role in the blasts. According to the prosecution, they were all acting on instructions from Pakistan's ISI. One of them, a Pak national named Shamshed Gulam Kadir Hyder, was acquitted by the court, which said he should be deported to Pakistan.

Blast Near Jama Masjid

2007-08-29T20:34:00.000+05:30

In August 1997,low- intensity blast in a toilet near Jama Masjid in South Mumbai; Three persons were injured. Three Pakistani natinals, Yasir, Hassan & Ahmed , were named as absconding suspects. No arrest was made ,the case has been closed.

Kalayan Railway Blast

2007-08-29T20:25:00.000+05:30

It was a blast at Kalayan Railway Station carried out using crude bombs, which killed 15 people. The probe zeroed in on five Khalistani extremists who where arrested & convicted. Life terms were handed out to all of them.

Deadly Numbers

2007-08-29T20:01:00.000+05:30

The US & UK may like to belive that they are leading the war on terror globally, but the country that has had to face the worst of terrorist attacks on its own soil, barring war-torn Iraq, is India.

Country Deaths Incidents

Iraq                       29,070              12,718
India                     3,674               3032
Afghanistan            2,405                1,682
Colombia                 1,550                1,721
Thailand                  1,324                1,959
Russia                      1,206                  660
Pakistan                  1,121                 1,112
Chad                        1,096                     32
Nepal                       1,059                2,989
Sudan                      1,057                    155

No. 1 For All The Wrong Reasons

India's the worst-hit country on terror charts after Iraq on all counts-incidents ,deaths,injured-except one ,hostages ,for which Nepal is No 1, Iraq No 2 & India No 3.
South Asia is the global terror hotspot, accounting for almost half the world's (minus-Iraq) terror-related deaths.
Islamist extremists caused about 11,400 of the 24,614 deaths for which responsibility has been fixed.

Tahir Taklya

2007-08-10T13:36:00.000+05:30

One of Dawood & Tiger Memon's trusted aides, tahir Mohammad Merchant alias Taher Taklya is among the 29 absconding accused in the serial blasts case. He took part in meetings Dubai where the conspiracy was hatched.

Tahir arranged for shelter in Dubai & passage to Islamabad for 19 accused who underwent weapons training in Pakistan. Also accused of smuggling weapons & collecting,manging funds.

Tahir was caught by Abu Dhabi police on March 27,2004,on charges of carrying firearms. Likely to be extradited to India in two months.

The UAE has deported 17 Dawood associates,including his brother Iqbal Kaskar, in the last 4 years

The Real Master Mind

2007-08-02T13:23:00.000+05:30

Ibrahim Abdul Razak Memon better known as Tiger Memon is a terrorist and he is the prime accused in the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts case and is wanted by the Interpol Delhi and CBI.His role as the prime accused in the blasts along with Dawood Ibrahim has been confirmed by the Special court after the conviction of the other accused in the case.There is reason to believe that Tiger Memon is now in Karachi, Pakistan and moves under aliases to evade authorities.He was recently reported to have opened a restaurant in Dubai[3]His ties with Dawood Ibrahim, also known as Ibrahim Kaskar the infamous underworld kingpin have been reviewed and are concrete, for Tiger is believed to be his right hand.

Tiger Memon recruited frustrated Muslim youth to carry out the bombings,while flying out of Mumbai to Dubai,the morning before the blasts. His fortune has been estimated to be in the millions,with operations in money laundering, property, stocks and industry. The D-company as it is popularly known has grown tenfold thanks to Dawood. Tiger Memon is one of his most trusted henchment.

On September 12, 2006, The special TADA court hearing the long-drawn case around the 1993 Bombay bombings convicted four members of the Memon family - Yakub, Essa, Rubina and Yusuf. Three other members of the Memon family - Suleiman, Hanifa and Rahil - have, however, been acquitted with the judge giving them the benefit of doubt. The four Memons have been held guilty on charges of conspiring and abetting acts of terror. They face jail terms ranging from a minimum of five years to life imprisonment. Yakub Memon, the brother of prime accused 'Tiger' Memon, has been charged for possession of unauthorised arms.