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Court holds two Memon associates guilty

Mumbai: A TADA court here on Wednesday held two associates of the prime absconding accused Tiger Memon and two farmers from Raigad district guilty of various charges in the 1993 blasts case.

Suleiman Mohammad Kasam Ghawte, Tiger's aide was found guilty under TADA for participating in the conspiracy as well as landing and transporting arms and explosives at Shekhadi in Raigad on February 3, 1993.

He was also convicted of transporting arms and explosives in a tempo from Shekhadi to Panvel.

However, judge P.D. Kode acquitted him of charges of receiving arms training in Sandheri village of Raigad district.

Lack of evidence

The other aide of Tiger, Yusuf Khan alias Qayum Kasam Khan, was also found guilty under TADA of transporting weapons but acquitted on the charge of participating in the conspiracy due to lack of evidence.

The two farmers, Rashid Omar Aluware and Abdul Aziz Gharatkar, were convicted for their complicity in the 1993 blasts.

Gharatkar was found guilty under TADA for participating in operations to land arms and explosives on the Shekhadi coast but acquitted of the charge of conspiracy.

Alware was acquitted of charges under TADA but found guilty under the Customs Act for carrying contraband to the house of another accused.

All the four accused were taken into custody after the verdict.

They face prison terms ranging from five years to life. With this verdict, the court has so far pronounced 39 accused guilty in the case. — PTI

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