That fateful day The 1
993 bombings were a series of
thirteen bomb
blasts that took place in Bombay (now Mumbai), on
March 12, 1993. The coordinated
attacks were the most destructive bomb explosions in the history of India. The single-day attacks resulted in over
250 civilian deaths and 700 injuries. The attacks are suspected to have been coordinated by notorious underworld don Dawood Ibrahim. It is believed that the attacks were carried out in retaliation for the destruction of the historic
Babri Masjid on December 6, 1992, which resulted in nationwide riots that led to the deaths of
hundreds of Muslims and Hindus.
The explosion killed 10 people, injured 36 and damaged property worth Rs 87 lakh. Mukadam''s cousin Shoaib Ghansar, who parked a RDX-filled scooter at busy Zaveri Bazaar that killed 17 people and injured 57, too was
sentenced to death by the court on the counts of murder and participating in a terrorist act. The court has so far sentenced 84 of the 100 people convicted for the serial blasts in the financial capital. The first three death sentences, including that of Abdul Gani Turk who planted a bomb in Worli that killed 113 people, were handed down by the special court on Wednesday. Fourteen people have been given life imprisonment and 16 convicts, including actor Sanjay Dutt, found guilty of illegally possessing arms, are yet to be sentenced. Twelve blasts on March 12, 1993 killed 257 people and injured over 700.