A TADA court would on Friday give verdict on the role of five accused, who had allegedly visited Pakistan via Dubai for training in arms.
MUMBAI: A TADA court would on Friday give verdict on the role of five accused, who had allegedly visited Pakistan via Dubai for training in arms and explosives used in the serial bomb blasts on March 12, 1993. The five accused, currently on bail, are Gul Mohammed Noor Mohammed Shaikh, Shaikh Ibrahim Shaikh Hussain, Mohammed Hanif Mohammed Usman Shaikh, Shaikh Usman Man Khan and Mohammed Sayed Mohammed Ishaq.
Designated judge PD Kode has summoned all of them to the court on Friday. They have been charged with participating in the conspiracy to trigger serial bomb blasts in Mumbai in March 1993. They are also charged with going to Pakistan via Dubai in February-March 1993 to attend training in handling arms and explosives.
All the five were also charged with attending conspiracy meetings in Dubai and Pakistan. They are facing charges under 120-b IPC and section 3(3) of TADA (P) act. If found guilty, they face punishment ranging from five years to life imprisonment. It is the case of CBI that prime conspirators Dawood Ibrahim and Tiger Memon had organised conspiracy meetings in Dubai and summoned his men from Mumbai to attend it. The conspirators had also sent these men to Pakistan via Dubai for training in arms and explosives.