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

· Jan 17, 2020 · 05:42 pm

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.

Scroll Staff

· Jan 17, 2020 · 08:44 am

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.

Shoaib Daniyal

· Jul 29, 2015 · 04:41 pm

Yakub Memon gets a breather as a divided bench ensures that his petition will be heard again

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.

Shoaib Daniyal

· Jul 28, 2015 · 04:09 pm

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.

Shoaib Daniyal

· Jul 27, 2015 · 10:30 am