1993 Bomb Blasts
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1993 Mumbai blast case convict Jalees Ansari arrested in Kanpur a day after jumping parole
Uttar Pradesh Police chief OP Singh described it as a ‘big achievement’ for the state force.
Scroll Staff
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Jalees Ansari, convict in 1993 Mumbai blasts case, goes missing a day before his parole ends
Also known as ‘Dr Bomb’, Ansari is suspected to be involved in as many as 50 bomb blast cases across the country.
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Yakub Memon to hang: Supreme Court upholds death warrant, Maharashtra governor rejects mercy plea
Memon will be hanged on July 30, his 53rd birthday, in Nagpur jail.
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A split verdict on a two-judge bench means that Memon’s appeal against his death warrant is now pushed out to a larger Supreme Court bench.
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Yakub Memon case: one chart that shows just how partisan India’s criminal justice system can be
India pursued justice with great vigour in the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts case but showed no interest in convicting those behind the riots that preceded the bombings.
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