Mumbai: Tahir Merchant and Feroz Abdul Rashid Khan, two of the accused in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case, were awarded the death sentence by a special Terrorist and Disruptive Activity (TADA) Court, here this morning. Other accused, Abu Salem and Karimullah Khan, were sentenced to life imprisonment and Riyaz Siddiqui was sentenced for ten years.
The Court had convicted six people, including the mastermind of the 1993 serial blasts that had killed 257 and injured 713 people, Mustafa Dossa and Abu Salem, on June 16 this year. Dossa died on June 28 following which the case against him was closed.
