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१९९३च्या मुंबई साखळी बॉम्बस्फोटांदरम्यान बेकायदा शस्त्र बाळगल्याप्रकरणी पाच वर्षांच्या कारावासाची शिक्षा झालेला अभिनेता संजय दत्त याची शिक्षा माफ होण्याची शक्यता आहे. संजय दत्तने माफीसाठी अर्ज केल्यास केंद्र सरकार त्यात निश्चित लक्ष घालेल, असे सांगतानाच महाराष्ट्राच्या राज्यपालांना एखाद्या कैद्याची शिक्षा रद्द करण्याचा अधिकार आहे, असे केंद्रीय कायदामंत्री अश्विनी कुमार यांनी शुक्रवारी स्पष्ट केले.
सर्वोच्च न्यायालयाने गुरुवारी संजय दत्तला पाच वर्षांच्या तुरुंगवासाची शिक्षा सुनावल्यानंतर बॉलीवूडसह अन्य काही घटकांमधून नाराजीचा सूर उमटत आहे. प्रेस कौन्सिल ऑफ इंडियाचे अध्यक्ष व सर्वोच्च न्यायालयाचे माजी न्यायमूर्ती मरकडेय काटजू यांनीही संजय दत्तची शिक्षा माफ करावी, अशी मागणी केली आहे. या संदर्भात काटजू यांनी गुरुवारीच महाराष्ट्राचे राज्यपाल के. शंकरनारायणन यांना पत्र पाठवले आहे. या पाश्र्वभूमीवर शुक्रवारी केंद्राकडूनही संजुबाबाला दिलासा देणारे संकेत मिळाले. या प्रकरणाची केंद्र सरकार योग्य वेळी दखल घेईल, असे केंद्रीय माहिती व प्रसारण मंत्री मनीष तिवारी यांनी सांगितले. 'काटजू हे सर्वोच्च न्यायालयाचे नामांकित न्यायमूर्ती होते. एखाद्या गोष्टीवर त्यांनी मांडलेल्या मतांना सरकारमधील तसेच बाहेरील लोकांकडून योग्य प्रतिसाद मिळतो,' असे तिवारी यांनी सांगितले. केंद्रीय कायदा मंत्री अश्विनी कुमार यांनीही संजय दत्तने अर्ज केल्यास या प्रकरणात लक्ष घालण्याचे आश्वासन दिले. 'एखाद्या कैद्याची शिक्षा माफ करण्याचा अधिकार राज्यपालांना आहे. संजय दत्तने अर्ज केल्यास राज्यपाल निश्चितच त्या अधिकारांचा वापर करू शकतील. मात्र, आपण यावर मते व्यक्त करता कामा नये,' असे अश्विनी कुमार म्हणाले.
भाजप-सेनेचा विरोध
संजुबाबाची शिक्षा माफ करण्याच्या काटजू यांच्या मागणीवर भाजव तसेच शिवसेनेने नाराजी व्यक्त केली आहे. 'काटजू हे आता सर्वोच्च न्यायालयाचे न्यायमूर्ती नाहीत, याचा त्यांना विसर पडल्याचे दिसते. सर्वोच्च न्यायालयाने कायद्याच्या आधारे निकाल सुनावला आहे. या निकालाचा सन्मान करणे आवश्यक आहे. अन्यथा गरिबांसाठी एक न्याय व श्रीमंत, प्रतिष्ठितांसाठी दुसरा न्याय असा गैरसमज निर्माण होईल,' असे ते म्हणाले. दुसरीकडे शिवसेनेचे खासदार अनिल देसाई यांनीही संजय दत्तने न्यायालयाच्या निकालाप्रमाणे शिक्षा भोगावी, असे मत व्यक्त केले. संजय दत्तसंदर्भात शिवसेनेची भूमिका काय, असे विचारले असता ते म्हणाले, '२० वर्षांपूर्वी ज्यांनी (बॉम्बस्फोट मालिकेत) आपले प्राण गमावले, त्यांचे काय हा आमचा सवाल आहे. न्यायालयाने आपला निकाल सुनावला आहे आणि संजय दत्तने त्याचे पालन केले पाहिजे.'
महाराष्ट्र के राज्यपाल के सत्यनारायणन को जस्टिस काटजू ने लेटर लिखकर संजय दत्त को माफ करने की अपील की है।
हालांकि जस्टिस काटजू का सुझाव बीजेपी और उसकी सहयोगी शिवसेना को रास नहीं आया है। काटजू की आलोचना करते हुए बीजेपी सांसद बलबीर पुंज ने कहा, 'काटजू भूल गए हैं कि अब वह सुप्रीम कोर्ट के जज नहीं रह गए हैं। वह प्रेस परिषद के अध्यक्ष हैं। सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने कानून के हिसाब से फैसला दिया है। उसके फैसले का सम्मान होना चाहिए, वरना ऐसी गलतफहमी हो जाएगी कि दो तरह के कानून होते हैं, एक गरीब के लिए और दूसरा मशहूर लोगों के लिए।
शिवसेना सांसद अनिल देसाई ने कहा कि संजय दत्त ने खुद ही कहा है कि वह अदालत के फैसले का पालन करेंगे। उन्होंने कहा, 'शिवसेना जानना चाहती है कि जिन्होंने 20 साल पहले जान गंवाई, उनके बारे में क्या कहेंगे। अदालत ने फैसला दिया है और संजय दत्त को उसका पालन करना चाहिए।'
The court upheld death penalty for Yakub Abdul Razak Memon, the only one among the masterminds of the horrific terrorist crime - one of the deadliest internationally and the first one involving the use of RDX -- who could be tried.
Pronouncing its final verdict in the terrorist atrocity, plotted as an extension of communal violence that broke out in Mumbai in the wake of Babri demolition in December 1992, the apex court blamed Pakistan for encouraging and helping the terrorists.
In a unprecedentedly long judgment running into over 2,000 pages, a bench of Justices P Sathasivam and BS Chauhan said that while Yakub participated in the conspiracy with Tiger Memon and Dawood Ibrahimand deserved no leniency, the other 10, though responsible for placing explosive laden vehicles at several places, needed to be evaluated on a different plane as they belonged to lower strata of society and were sucked into the conspiracy to be used as "arrows" by the mastermind"archers".
33 get life term
Of another 19 sentenced to life imprisonment by the trial court, the apex court upheld the punishment for 17. Of the remaining two, the life sentence was reduced to 10 years imprisonment in one case, and to the period already served in the other.
Significantly, it allowed appeals of Maharashtra Police against acquittal of six accused and imposed life sentence on them. The six are Uttam S Potdar, Issaq Mohd Hajwane, Sharif Abdul Gafoor, Manoj Kumar Bhanwarlal, Farooq Illiyas Motorwala and Mohd Rafiq Usman.
This brought the number of those sentenced to life in the case to 33. The court stressed that they will stay in jail for the rest of their lives.
The bench also confirmed the sentence of customs officials and police personnel who facilitated the conspirators in return for bribes, and censured the Coast Guard for not being vigilant enough to block the shipments of arms and explosives that were used to attack Mumbai.
Commenting on the enormity of the crime, the judges said, "This was the first-ever terrorist attack in the world where RDX (Research Department Explosives) was used on a large scale basis after World War II."
However, there were doubts that the verdict would bring closure to the victims of mass murder in Mumbai 20 years ago, considering that the masterminds — underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, his brother Anees Ibrahim and Yakub Memon's brother Tiger Memon — have not been brought to justice yet. By all indications, the three are leading a comfortable life in Pakistan which has sheltered them since the blasts.
In fact, the sense that justice had not been done may only be reinforced by what Justices Sathasivam and Chauhan said to justify the use of different approaches towards "mastermind" Yakub on the one hand, and the 10 "pawns" on the other. "Sentence should directly reflect the role of the accused in the crime," the bench said.
It elaborated, "These 10 accused parked explosive filled vehicles in the respective destinations. However, if we lift the veil, it is actually the mastermind's strategy, which was executed by the subservient minions. This may not help in complete exoneration of the liability of these 10 appellants but the degree of punishment must necessarily reflect this difference. It is vital to remember that but for the masterminds, these blasts should have never seen daylight. We contemplate that the ends of justice would be served if the death sentence of these 10 appellants be commuted to life imprisonment."
Pronouncing the judgment, Justice Sathasivam read out its brief summary for more than 90 minutes, as a packed court room listened in rapt attention.
On Yakub, the bench said, "A perusal of the above confessions by the co-conspirators would show that the appellant (A-1) was playing a key role in furtherance of the above said conspiracy. The above evidence along with further material relied on by the prosecution show that A-1 also played an active role in generation and management of funds for achieving the object behind the conspiracy and in all subsequent events."
It added, "Yakub left for Dubai on 11.03.1993 with an Indian passport and thereafter he entered Pakistan with a Pakistani passport. Though he was not one among the persons who carried arms and ammunition used for the blast but it was he who stood behind them from starting till the end, for example conspiracy, planning and making all the arrangements for sending certain persons to Pakistan for training in handling of arms and ammunition.
"We are satisfied that the prosecution has established all the charges leveled against Yakub and the designated court, after analyzing all the material including oral and documentary evidence and the independent witnesses, rightly convicted him."
The other 10 given death sentence were Zakir Hussain Noor Mohd Shaikh, Abdul Khan aka Yakub Khan Akhtar Khan, Firoz aka Akram Amani Malik, Mohd Mustaq Moosa Tarani, Asgar Yusuf Mukadam, Shahnawaz Abdul Kadar Qureshi, Mohd Shoeb Mohd Kasam Ghanasar, Abdul Gani Ismail Turk, Parvez Nazir Ahmed Shaikh and Mohd Farooq Mohd Yusuf.
The bench, however, was quick to add that lesser punishment to the co-accused would not be treated as a precedent. "The lesser sentence on these 10 appellants cannot be a precedent in other cases and every case must be decided according to their facts and circumstances," it said and clarified that life sentence meant the convict has to spend his rest of the life in prison subject to the pardoning and remission powers of the President or governor of a state.
Immediately after demolition of Babri Masjid on December 6, 1992, Tiger Memon and Dawood Ibrahim, then living in Dubai, planned a terror strike in Mumbai. Dawood sent arms and ammunition from abroad and it was received by Tiger Memon, who also sent some of the accused persons to Dubai and from there to Pakistan for training in handling of arms and ammunition.
On March 12, 1993, in a span of about two hours - between 1.33pm to 3.40pm, a series of 12 bomb explosions took place one after the other at Bombay Stock Exchange, Katha Bazaar, Sena Bhawan, Century Bazaar, Mahim Causeway, Air India Building, Zaveri Bazaar, Hotel Sea Rock, Plaza Theatre, Juhu Centaur Hotel, Air Port Bay-54 and Air Port Centaur Hotel. In the blasts, 257 people were killed, 713 injured and property worth Rs 27 crore destroyed.
बीजेपी में अलग-अलग राय
बीजेपी ने हालांकि संजय दत्त को माफी दिलाने की इस मुहिम का विरोध किया है, लेकिन पार्टी के अंदर ही इस पर राय बंटी हुई है। पार्टी के एक वरिष्ठ नेता, पूर्व केंद्रीय मंत्री और पूर्व अभिनेता शत्रुघ्न सिन्हा ने सार्वजनिक तौर पर कहा है कि वह जस्टिस काटजू की मांग के पक्ष में हैं। उन्होंने कहा कि संजय दत्त को माफी दिलाने की यह मुहिम बिल्कुल सही है और वह इसके पक्ष में हैं। उन्होंने कहा कि वह राज्यपाल से अपील करेंगे कि संजय दत्त को माफी दे दें।
सुप्रीम कोर्ट के पूर्व जज और प्रेस काउंसिल ऑफ इंडिया के अध्यक्ष जस्टिस काटजू ने संजय दत्त को माफी देने की अपील की है। काटजू ने महाराष्ट्र के राज्यपाल को चिट्ठी लिखकर संजय दत्त को माफी देने की अपील की है। काटजू ने कहा है कि राज्यपाल और राष्ट्रपति को संविधान के तहत विशेष अधिकार हासिल है। जिसके तहत दोषी की सजा कम या माफ की जा सकती है। बॉलीवुड भी संजय दत्त को पांच साल की सजा मिलने के बाद सकते में है।
1993 के मुंबई धमाकों के सिलसिले में सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने गुरुवार को इंसाफ कर दिया है। बॉलीवुड के मशहूर अभिनेता संजय दत्त को सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने आर्म्स एक्ट के तहत 5 साल की सजा मुकर्रर की है। इस फैसले के बाद प्रेस काउंसिल ऑफ इंडिया के चेयरमैन और सुप्रीम कोर्ट के पूर्व जस्टिस मार्कंडेय काटजू ने संजय दत्त की सजा माफ करने की अपील की है। सुप्रीम कोर्ट के पूर्व जज मार्कंडेय काटजू ने महाराष्ट्र के राज्यपाल को इस संबंध में चिट्ठी लिखी है। इस चिट्ठी में काटजू ने राज्यपाल को संविधान से मिले खास अधिकार का हवाला दिया है।
जस्टिस काटजू ने राज्यपाल के. शंकर नारायणन से ये अपील की है। संविधान के अनुच्छेद 161 का हवाला दिया और कहा कि संजय दत्त को 1993 के धमाकों में किसी भूमिका के लिए दोषी नहीं पाया गया और उन्होंने बहुत कष्ट झेले हैं। काटजू के मुताबिक सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने आर्म्स एक्ट के तहत दोषी पाते हुए संजय को कानून के तहत निर्धारित न्यूनतम सजा सुनाई है। काटजू ने कहा कि संविधान के अनुच्छेद 161 के तहत माफी देने का अधिकार न्यायिक शक्ति से अलग है, क्योंकि किसी को अदालत से न्यूनतम सजा सुनाए जाने के बावजूद राज्यपाल या राष्ट्रपति को ये अधिकार है कि वो दोषी की सजा माफ कर दें या सजा कम कर दें।
১২ মার্চ, ১৯৯৩: পর পর ১২টি বিস্ফোরণে কেঁপে উঠল মুম্বই। সরকারি হিসাবে নিহত ২৫০, আহত ৭০০।
১৯ এপ্রিল, ১৯৯৩: মুম্বই বিমানবন্দর থেকে মুম্বইয়ের অপরাধ দমন শাখা আটক করে তৎকালীন হিন্দি সিনেমার সুপারস্টার সঞ্জয় দত্তকে। ওই দিনই গ্রেফতার করা হয় তাঁকে। সুনীল দত্ত পুত্রের বাড়ি তল্লাসি করে এক-৫৬ রাইফেল, একটি ৯এমএম পিস্তল সহ আরও কিছু বেআইনি অস্ত্র উদ্ধার করে। পুলিস অভিযোগ আনে মুম্বই বিস্ফোরণের ঠিক আগে এই অস্ত্রগুলি দেশে চোরা পথে এসেছিল।
২৮ এপ্রিল, ১৯৯৩: জেরায় নিজের অপরাধ স্বীকার করেন এই সুপারস্টার।
৫ মে, ১৯৯৩: মুম্বই হাইকোর্টের নির্দেশে অন্তর্বর্তিকালীন জামিন পান সঞ্জয় দত্ত।
৪ নভেম্বর, ১৯৯৩: সঞ্জয় দত্তের বিরুদ্ধে চার্জশিট গঠিত হয়। মুম্বই হামলার ষড়যন্ত্রের অভিযোগ আনা হয় তাঁর বিরুদ্ধে।
৪ জুলাই, ১৯৯৪: বিশেষ আদালত (টাডা) তাঁর জামিন খারিজ করে দেয়। ফের গ্রেফতার করা হয় তাঁকে। ছয় বছরের কারাদণ্ডের নির্দেশ দেওয়া হয় সঞ্জয়কে।
২০ নভেম্বর, ১৯৯৪: নিজের স্বীকারোক্তি থেকে সরে আসেন সঞ্জয় দত্ত।
২২ জুলাই, ১৯৯৫: তৎকালীন প্রেমিকা মডেল রিয়া পিল্লাইয়ের সঙ্গে দেখা করার অনুমতি পান সঞ্জয়। কোর্টের নির্দেশে অসুস্থ প্রেমিকাকে দেখতে তাঁর ফ্ল্যাটে যান সঞ্জয়।
১১ সেপ্টেম্বর, ১৯৯৫: টাডা আদালত সঞ্জয় দত্তের জামিনের আবেদন খারিজ করে দেয়।
১৬ অক্টোবর, ১৯৯৫: ১৬ মাস গেলে কাটাবার পর জেল থেকে সুপ্রিমকোর্টের চিফ জাস্টিসকে লেখা সঞ্জয়ের একটি চিঠির ভিত্তিতে তাঁর জামিন মঞ্জুর করে শীর্ষ আদালত। এই চিঠিটিকে পরে পিটিশন হিসাবে রূপান্তরিত করা হয়।
২৭ নভেম্বর, ২০০৬: মুম্বই বিস্ফোরণ কাণ্ডে টাডা আদলত শমন করে সঞ্জয় দত্তকে।
২ অগাস্ট, ২০০৭: ফের গ্রেফতার হন মুন্না ভাই। তাঁকে পুনের ইয়েরওয়াড়া জেলে নিয়ে যাওয়া হয়।
২০ অগাস্ট, ২০০৭: শীর্ষ আদালতের নির্দেশে জামিন পান সঞ্জয়।
২১ মার্চ, ২০১৩: সঞ্জয় দত্তকে পাঁচ বছরের কারাদণ্ডের নির্দেশ শীর্ষ আদালতের। চার সপ্তাহের মধ্যে আত্মসমর্পণের নির্দেশ সুপ্রিমকোর্টের।
1993 Mumbai bomb blast trial was historic
Mumbai: The 1993 serial bomb blast case, in which final verdict was delivered by the Supreme Court on Thursday, was historic in many ways.
The longest trial in the country's history spanned over 12 years, commencing on June 30, 1995, when the first witness stepped into the box, and concluding on July 31, 2007, when the judgement was delivered by the designated TADA court.
A large number of 189 accused were arrested in the case but some of them were discharged and few others died, leaving 123 to face the trial. Such a number is a record in the country's judicial history, according to lawyer Subhash Kanse, who defended some of the accused in this case.
The chargesheet, along with statements of the accused, ran into more than 10,000 pages. As each of the 123 accused was to be supplied copies of the chargesheet, police had to use trucks to bring huge piles of papers to the court.
As case papers along with appeals totalling a whopping 1,20,000 pages had to be sent to the Supreme Court for the final verdict, it asked the authorities to supply the documents in CDs, Kanse said.
Designated Judge PD Kode also posted a record as he did not take a single day leave during the 12-year trial.
संजय दत्त की सजा पर केन्द्र सरकार ने जिस तरह सहानुभूति पूर्वक विचार करने का वादा करना शुरू किया है उससे इस बात के आसार बढ़ गये हैं कि महाराष्ट्र के राज्यपाल सुप्रीम कोर्ट द्वारा संजय दत्त को सजा से मुक्त कर सकते हैं. जस्टिस मार्कण्डेय काटजू की महाराष्ट्र के राज्यपाल से की गई सार्वजनिक अपील के बाद से इस बात पर बहस हो रही है कि क्या संजय दत्त को सजा माफी दी जा सकती है.
इस बीच केन्द्रीय मंत्री जिस तरह के बयान दे रहे हैं उससे इस बात के आसार बढ़ गये हैं कि संजय दत्त को सजा माफी मिल सकती है. पहले केन्द्रीय मंत्री मनीष तिवारी ने सुझाव का स्वागत किया था, अब कानून मंत्री अश्विनी कुमार ने कहा है कि अगर संजय दत्त की ओर से इस तरह का प्रस्ताव राज्यपाल महोदय को आता है तो राज्यपाल महोदय इस पर उचित विचार करेंगे.
सुप्रीम कोर्ट द्वारा संजय दत्त की सजा बरकरार रखे जाने के बाद सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने संजय दत्त को समर्पण करने के लिए चार हफ्ते का वक्त दिया है.
इस बीच जस्टिस मार्कण्डेय काटजू ने एक सार्वजनिक अपील करते हुए कहा था कि संजय दत्त को सजा मुक्त करना न्यायालय के हाथ में नहीं था लेकिन अगर महाराष्ट्र के राज्यपाल चाहें तो संविधान की धारा १६१ के तहत प्राप्त शक्तियों का उपयोग करते हुए संजय दत्त की सजा माफ कर सकते हैं.
- ১২ মার্চ, ১৯৯৩
- রক্তাক্ত মুম্বই
- বিস্ফোরণের বলি ২৫৭
- আহতের সংখ্যা ৭০০র বেশি
২০ বছর আগের ক্ষতটা টাটকা, এখনও৷ ২০ বছর আগে, ঠিক এই দিনটাতেই বারবার কেঁপে উঠেছিল বাণিজ্যনগরী৷ পরপর বিস্ফোরণ কাঁপুনি ধরিয়ে দিয়ে গিয়েছিল শহরের হৃদপিণ্ডে৷
১২ মার্চ ছিল শুক্রবার৷ বাণিজ্যনগরীর কাছে ব্ল্যাক ফ্রাই-ডে৷ দুপুর ১.৩০টা থেকে সাড়ে ৩টে৷ ধারাবাহিক ১৩টা বিস্ফোরণ৷ প্রথম বিস্ফোরণটি হয় বম্বে স্টক এক্সচেঞ্জে৷ বিএসই, বেসমেন্টে বিস্ফোরক ভর্তি গাড়ি রাখা ছিল৷ সেই থেকেই বিস্ফোরণ৷ এরপর আধ ঘণ্টার ব্যবধানে মুম্বই শহরজুড়ে পরপর বিস্ফোরণ ঘটতে থাকে৷ নিশানায় ছিল শপিং মল, হোটেল, এয়ার ইন্ডিয়ার অফিস৷ দুপুর সাড়ে তিনটের সময় শেষ বিস্ফোরণের শব্দ শোনা যায় জাভেরি বাজারে৷ ততক্ষণে মৃতের সংখ্যা ২০০ ছাড়া৷ পড়ে সংখ্যাটা বেড়ে দাঁড়ায় ২৫৭৷ রক্তাক্ত বাণিজ্য নগরীর আনাচ-কানাচ৷ আহতের সংখ্যাও ৭০০ ছাড়ায়৷
এরপর কেটে গিয়েছে ২০টা বছর৷ এখনও অধরা মূল অভিযুক্ত৷ অন্ধকার জগতের বেতাজ বাদশা দাউদ ইব্রাহিম৷
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এ দিন রায় ঘোষণার পরই বলিউড পাশে এসে দাঁড়িয়েছে সঞ্জয়ের৷ তাঁর উপর শাস্তির খাঁড়া নেমে আসায় অনিশ্চিত হয়ে পড়েছে বলিউডের প্রায় ২৫০ কোটি টাকার ব্যবসা৷ রায়ের পর এক বিবৃতিতে সঞ্জয় জানিয়েছেন, 'আমার মন ভেঙে গিয়েছে৷ এর আগে দেড় বছর আমি জেলে কাটিয়েছি৷ গত কুড়ি বছর ধরে চরম মানসিক যন্ত্রণা ভোগ করেছি৷ এই রায়ে শুধু আমি নয়, শাস্তি পেল আমার তিন সন্তান এবং পরিবারও৷' সঞ্জয়ের আইনজীবী সতীশ মানশিন্ডে বলেছেন, 'আদালতের নির্দেশ মেনে নিয়েছেন তিনি৷' রাতে জানা গিয়েছে উচ্চতর বেঞ্চে এই রায় পুনর্বিবেচনার জন্য আবেদন করতে পারেন সঞ্জয়৷ আত্মসমর্পণের জন্য আদালত এক মাস সময় দেওয়ায় এখনই গারদে যেতে হবে না মুন্নাভাইকে৷
৫৩ বছরের সঞ্জয় দত্তকে এর আগে টাডা কোর্ট ছ'বছর কারাদণ্ড দিয়েছিল৷ সুপ্রিম কোর্ট এ দিন রায়ে জানিয়েছে, 'সঞ্জয় দত্তের অপরাধের চরিত্র যথেষ্ট গুরুতর৷ তাই কোনও ভাবেই তাঁকে প্রোবেশনে মুক্তি দেওয়া সম্ভব নয়৷' তবে তাঁর শাস্তির মেয়াদ এক বছর কমিয়েছে শীর্ষ আদালত৷ ১৯৯৩ সালের ১২ মার্চ এক ডজন বিস্ফোরণে কেঁপে উঠেছিল বাণিজ্যনগরী মুম্বই৷ চক্রান্তকারী হিসেবে জড়িয়ে পড়ে দাউদ ইব্রাহিম ও তার সঙ্গী টাইগার মেমনের৷ ওই সময়ই সঞ্জয়ের বাড়ি থেকে উদ্ধার হয় একটি একে ৫৬ রাইফেল ও একটি নাইন এম এম পিস্তল৷ তদন্তে জানা যায় মুম্বইয়ে বিস্ফোরণ ঘটানোর জন্য আনা অস্ত্রশস্ত্র ও বিস্ফোরকের সঙ্গে ওই অস্ত্র দু'টিও ছিল৷ ওই বছরের ১৯ এপ্রিল মরিশাস থেকে ফেরার পরই গ্রেপ্তার করা হয় সঞ্জয়কে৷ জানা যায় দাউদের ভাই আনিস ইব্রাহিম ও সঙ্গী আবু সালেমের সঙ্গেও ঘনিষ্ঠ যোগাযোগ ছিল সঞ্জয়ের৷ গ্রেপ্তারির ন'দিন পর ২৮ এপ্রিল পুলিশি জেরায় সঞ্জয় স্বীকার করেন, বাবরি মসজিদ ধ্বংসের পর মুম্বই জুড়ে ভয়াবহ দাঙ্গার হাত থেকে পরিবারকে রক্ষা করার জন্যই ওই অস্ত্র আনিয়েছিলেন তিনি৷ কিন্তু তাঁর সাফাইয়ে সন্ত্তষ্ট হয়নি নিম্ন আদালত থেকে দেশের শীর্ষ আদালত কেউই৷
জাতীয় রাজনীতি ও বলিউডে সাড়া ফেলে দেওয়া এই মামলায় একের পর এক ওঠাপড়া হয়েছে গত দুই দশক ধরে৷ কিন্ত্ত নিজেকে নির্দোষ প্রমাণ করার আপ্রাণ চেষ্টা করেও বারেবারে ব্যর্থ হয়েছেন প্রাক্তন কংগ্রেস সাংসদ সুনীল ও নার্গিস দত্তের ছেলে সঞ্জয়৷ অন্ধকার জগতের সঙ্গে তাঁর যোগসাজশের একের পর এক অভিযোগ উঠেছে নানা সময়৷ টাডা কোর্টের রায়ে ২০০৭ সালে তাঁকে ১৬ মাসের জন্য জেলে যেতে হয়৷ সঞ্জয়কে অস্ত্র সরবরাহ করেছিলেন আনিসের ঘনিষ্ঠ দুই প্রযোজক হানিফ কাদাওয়ালা ও সমীর হিঙ্গোরা৷ ২০০১ সালে কাদাওয়ালা খুন হন৷ হিঙ্গোরার ন'বছরের জেলের নির্দেশ দিয়েছে সুপ্রিম কোর্ট৷
গত দুই দশকে একের পর এক সন্ত্রাস হানায় ক্ষতবিক্ষত হয়েও বারবার উঠে দাঁড়িয়েছে মুম্বই৷ কিন্ত্ত ধ্বংসের বীভত্সতায় অন্য সব হামলাকে ছাপিয়ে যাওয়া '৯৩ সালের বিস্ফোরণের মূল পাণ্ডারা প্রায় সকলেই পলাতক৷ একমাত্র টাইগারের ভাই ইয়াকুব মেমনই রয়েছে জেলে৷ তাই আদালতের এ দিনের রায়ে সে দিন নিহত ২৫৭ জন মানুষের পরিবার সুবিচার পেল কি-না তা নিয়ে প্রশ্ন রয়েই গেল৷
এর আগে ইতিমধ্যেই দেড় বছর জেলে কাটিয়েছেন সঞ্জয় দত্ত। বর্তমানে তিনি একাধিক সমাজসেবামূলক কাজে যুক্ত। এইসব কারণ দেখিয়ে তাঁকে কারাদণ্ড থেকে অব্যাহতি দেওয়ার জন্য সুপ্রিম কোর্টে আবেদন জানান মুন্নাভাইয়ের আইনজীবী। কিন্তু সেই আবেদন খারিজ করে দেয় আদালত। তবে টাডা আদালত তাঁকে ছয় বছরের কারাদণ্ড দিয়েছিল। সেখান থেকে তাঁর কারাবাসের মেয়াদ এক বছর কমিয়ে আনল সুপ্রিম কোর্ট। দেড় বছর আগেই জেলে কাটানোয় আরও সাড়ে তিন বছর কারাদণ্ড ভোদ করতে হবে তাঁকে।
এই সময়ের মধ্যে তিনি কোনও সিনেমার শ্যুটিং করতে পারবেন না। চার সপ্তাহের মধ্যে তাঁকে আদালতে আত্মসমর্পণের নির্দেশ দেওয়া হয়েছে। ২০০৭-এ সঞ্জয় দত্তকে জামিনে মুক্তি দেয় টাডা আদালত। তাঁকে একাধিকবার বিদেশ যাত্রার অনুমতিও
নয়াদিল্লিঃ সঞ্জয় দত্তর প্রতি নরম হওয়ার আর্জি জানিয়ে এ বার বিতর্কে জড়ালেন প্রেস কাউন্সিলের চেয়ারম্যান মার্কণ্ডেয় কাটজু৷ বলিউড অভিনেতার সাজা মকুবের জন্য মহারাষ্ট্রের রাজ্যপালকে আবেদন জানিয়েছেন তিনি৷ এই দাবিতে বিরোধিতায় সরব সরকারি আইনজীবী উজ্জ্বল নিকম৷ তবে মুন্নাভাইয়ের পাশে দাঁড়িয়েছেন এনসিপি ও সমাজবাদী পার্টি৷
কখনও মুখ্যমন্ত্রীর কাজের প্রসংশা, কখনও সমালোচনায় সরব হয়েছেন তিনি৷ আর, এবার মুম্বই বিস্ফোরণকাণ্ডের রায়ের প্রেক্ষিতে সঞ্জয় দত্তের পাশে দাঁড়ালেন মার্কণ্ডেয় কাটজু৷ এবার সঞ্জয় দত্তের শাস্তি মকুবের আবেদন জানিয়েছেন প্রেস কাউন্সিলের চেয়ারম্যান৷ তিনি বলেছেন
- মুম্বই বিস্ফোরণের সঙ্গে সঞ্জয় জড়িত নন৷ তবে বেআইনি অস্ত্র রাখার দায়ে তিনি দোষী সাব্যস্ত হয়েছেন৷ ইতিমধ্যেই তিনি ১৮ মাস জেল খেটেছেন৷ ২০ বছর ধরে মানসিক যন্ত্রণা সহ্য করেছেন৷ তাই সংবিধানের ১৬১ ধারা অনুযায়ী রাষ্ট্রপতি বা রাজ্যপাল অপরাধীকে ক্ষমা বা আদালতের শাস্তি কমাতে পারেন৷
তবে, কাটজুর এই আবেদনের তীব্র বিরোধিতা করেছেন সরকারি আইনজীবী উজ্জ্ব্বল নিকম৷ নিকমের সমালোচনার পাল্টা উত্তর দিয়েছেন কাটজুও৷ ট্যুইটারে তিনি লিখেছেন,
- জনপ্রিয়তার মুখ চেয়ে কোনওদিন কাজ করিনি৷ মানুষের অপ্রিয় হব জেনেও যা ভাবি, সেটাই বলি৷ বিবেক যা বলে, আমি তাই করি৷ কেন সঞ্জয়ের শাস্তি মকুবের আবেদন জানিয়েছি, রাজ্যপালের কাছে দেওয়া চিঠিতেই তার কারণ ব্যাখ্যা করা হয়েছে৷ ফের তার পুনরাবৃত্তির কোনও প্রয়োজন নেই৷
এই ইস্যুতে সঞ্জয়ের পাশে দাঁড়িয়ে গিয়েছে সমাজবাদী পার্টি ও এনসিপিও৷ সঞ্জয়কে নিয়ে সুপ্রিম কোর্টের রায় মেনে নিলেও হতাশ গোটা বলিউড৷ বৃহস্পতিবার রাতে তাঁর বাড়িতে যান বিদ্যা বালন, রণবীর কপূর, ফারহান আখতার, রাজকুমার হিরানি, বান্টি ওয়ালিয়া সহ একাধিক বলিউড সেলিব্রিটি৷ সঞ্জয়ের পাশে রয়েছেন, জানিয়েছেন তাঁরা সবাই৷
http://www.abpananda.newsbullet.in/national/60-more/34904-2013-03-22-09-41-09
নয়াদিল্লি ও মুম্বই: ১৯৯৩ মুম্বই বিস্ফোরণ মামলায় মূল অভিযুক্ত ইয়াকুব মেননের ফাঁসির সাজা বহাল রাখল সুপ্রিম কোর্ট৷ ১৯৯৩-এর ১২ মার্চ, অভিশপ্ত সেই ব্ল্যাক ফ্রাইডে৷ ধারাবাহিক ১৩টি বিস্ফোরণে বদলে গিয়েছিল বাণিজ্য নগরীর চেহারাটা৷ মৃত্যু হয় ২৫৭ জনের৷ আহতের সংখ্যা ৭০০৷ নারকীয় হত্যাকাণ্ডের মূল চক্রী দাউদ ইব্রাহিম, টাইগার মেনন ও ইয়াকুব মেনন৷
ঘটনার মূল দোষী সাব্যস্ত ইয়াকুব মেননের ফাঁসির সাজা বহাল রাখল সুপ্রিম কোর্ট৷ সুপ্রিম কোর্টের তরফে জানানো হয়েছে, ইয়াকুবই যে মূল দোষী, তা নিয়ে সন্দেহের অবকাশ নেই৷ বিচারপতি পি এস সাতাশিবম ও বি এস চৌহানের ডিভিশন বেঞ্চ তাদের রায়ে জানায়, ইয়াকুব মেননের ফাঁসির সাজা বহাল থাকছে৷
১৯ জনের মধ্যে ১০ জনের ফাঁসির সাজা মকুব করে যাবজ্জীবন কারাদণ্ড হল৷ বাকি ৭ জনের যাবজ্জীবন কারাদণ্ড বহাল থাকছে৷ অপর আরেকজনের যাবজ্জীবনের সাজার মেয়াদ কমিয়ে ১০ বছর করা হল৷ আরেকজন দোষী এইচআইভি আক্রান্ত হওয়ায় তাঁর অতিক্রান্ত সাজার মেয়াদ সম্পূর্ণ বলে জানিয়েছে সুপ্রিম কোর্ট৷
রায় দিতে গিয়ে সুপ্রিম কোর্ট জানায়-ধনুকটা ছিল দাউদ, টাইগার মেনন ও ইয়াকুব মেননের হাতে৷ ১০ জনকে তির হিসেবে ব্যবহার করেছিলেন তাঁরা৷ এই ১০ জনই বিস্ফোরক ভর্তি গাড়িগুলি বিভিন্ন জায়গায় রেখেছিলেন৷ আসলে এই ১০ জন ছিল নাশকতার ষড়যন্ত্রে দাউদদের দাবার বোড়ে৷
পাশাপাশি, এদিন পাকিস্তানের ভূমিকার নিন্দা সরব হয়েছে সুপ্রিম কোর্ট৷ সুপ্রিম কোর্ট জানিয়েছে, পাক গুপ্তচর সংস্থা আইএসআই এই নাশকতার জন্য প্রশিক্ষণ দিয়েছিল৷ এজন্য শুধু ভারতের কাছেই নয়, গোটা বিশ্বের কাছে জবাবদিহি করতে হবে ইসলামাবাদকে৷
পাশাপাশি, এদিন মুম্বই পুলিশকেও ভর্ত্সনা করে সুপ্রিম কোর্ট৷ কীভাবে মুম্বই পুলিশের চোখ এড়িয়ে অত্যাধুনিক অস্ত্র ও আরডিএক্স মুম্বইয়ে ঢুকল? তা নিয়ে প্রশ্ন তুলেছে সর্বোচ্চ আদালত৷
http://www.abpananda.newsbullet.in/national/60-more/34855-2013-03-21-08-40-29
মুম্বই: সুপ্রিম কোর্টে খারিজ সাজা মকুবের আর্জি। কারাদণ্ডের মেয়াদ একবছর কমলেও আরও সাড়ে তিন বছর জেলেই থাকতে হবে। সুপ্রিম কোর্টের এই রায়ের পর ভেতরে ভেতরে ভেঙে পড়েছেন মুন্নাভাই৷ গত প্রায় এক দশকে যাঁকে গোটা দেশ আদর করে 'মুন্নাভাই' বলে ডেকেছে, সেই সঞ্জয় দত্ত গতকাল মুম্বইয়ের ইম্পিরিয়াল বিল্ডিংয়ের দশ তলার ফ্ল্যাটে নিজেকে বন্দি করে রাখেন। অনেক পরে অপেক্ষায় থাকা সাংবাদিক ও ভক্তদের কাছে ক্ষমা চেয়ে একটা বিবৃতি পাঠালেন। যেখানে বললেন, "এই মুহূর্তে নীচে এসে আপনাদের সঙ্গে কথা বলতে পারলাম না। আমি দুঃখিত।"
'আমার বুক ভেঙে যাচ্ছে'। ৯৩-এর মুম্বই বিস্ফোরণ মামলা নিয়ে সুপ্রিম কোর্টের রায় ঘোষণার পর সরকারিভাবে দেওয়া সঞ্জয় দত্তর বিবৃতির এটাই নির্যাস৷
আদালতের রায়ের পর প্রথম প্রতিক্রিয়া৷ বিবৃতিতে তিনি বলেছেন,
'আমি ২০ বছর ধরে এই যন্ত্রণা ভোগ করছি৷ জেলে ১৮ মাস কাটিয়েছি৷ তারা যদি চান, আমাকে আরও যন্ত্রণা ভোগ করতে হোক, তাহলে আমাকে আরও শক্ত হতে হবে৷ তাসত্বেও, আমার বিচারব্যবস্থার ওপর পূর্ণ আস্থা আছে৷ কষ্টে আমার চোখে জল এলেও বিচারব্যবস্থার ওপর আমার সম্মান অটুট থাকবে৷ এরমধ্যেও আমার সব কাজ সম্পূর্ণ করতে চাই৷ কারও ক্ষতি হোক আমি চাই না৷ অগণিত ভক্ত, সংবাদমাধ্যম ও সহকর্মীরা যেভাবে পাশে দাঁড়িয়েছেন তাতে আমি অভিভূত৷
আমার মন ভেঙে গিয়েছে৷ কারণ, আমার সঙ্গে আমার স্ত্রী, তিন সন্তানকেও এই শাস্তি ভোগ করতে হবে৷মন থেকে জানি, আমি এক জন ভাল মানুষ। সারা জীবন তা-ই থেকেছি। সব সময় প্রতিষ্ঠানকে সম্মান করে এসেছি। চিরকাল দেশের প্রতি বিশ্বস্ত থেকেছি।
এই মুহূর্তে আমার পরিবারের সকলে খুব বিহ্বল অবস্থার মধ্যে রয়েছে। ওদের জন্য আমাকে শক্ত থাকতেই হবে। কিন্তু ভিতরে ভিতরে আমি ভেঙে খানখান হয়ে যাচ্ছি। মনের মধ্যে উথালপাথাল চলছে।
ঈশ্বর মহান। তিনি নিশ্চয় আমাকে পথ দেখাবেন'।
রায় শুনে আদালত চত্বরে ভেঙে পড়েন বোন প্রিয়া দত্তও৷মুম্বই উত্তর-পশ্চিম লোকসভা কেন্দ্রের কংগ্রেস সাংসদ ধরা গলায় শুধু বলতে পারলেন, "আমি জানি না, কী বলা উচিত...।" বিবৃতিতে ভেঙে পড়ার কথা স্বীকার করেছেন সঞ্জুবাবা৷
এবার কী করবেন তিনি? সঞ্জয় জানিয়েছেন, বাকি থাকা ছবির কাজ তাড়াতাড়ি শেষ করতে চান৷বলেছেন, 'আমার সমস্ত ছবির কাজ আমি শেষ করব। কাউকে ফেরাব না। আমার অগণিত ভক্ত, গোটা ইন্ডাস্ট্রি, মিডিয়া এবং আমার সমস্ত শুভানুধ্যায়ী যে ভাবে আমার পাশে দাঁড়িয়েছেন, তাতে আমি অভিভূত। ওঁরা সারা জীবন আমাকে সাহস দিয়েছেন, আমাকে সমর্থন করেছেন'।
একমাসের মধ্যে আত্মসমর্পণ করতে হবে সঞ্জয় দত্তকে৷ নয়তো গ্রেফতার৷ তাহলে কি ফের সাড়ে তিন বছর কারাগারে কাটাতে হবে সঞ্জয় দত্তকে? সূত্রের খবর, আবেদন করলে এবং জেল কর্তৃপক্ষ চাইলে সাজার মেয়াদ আরও এক বছর কমতে পারে৷ সেক্ষেত্রে কারাবাসের মেয়াদ হবে আড়াই বছর৷ পরবর্তী পদক্ষেপ ঠিক করতে ইতিমধ্যেই সুপ্রিম কোর্টের রায় খুঁটিয়ে দেখার কাজ শুরু করে দিয়েছেন তাঁর আইনজীবীরা৷সর্বোচ্চ আদালতের আজকের রায়ের পরে বাকি রইল রিভিউ পিটিশন দাখিল করা। আপাতত সে দিকেই তাকিয়ে সকলে। যদিও আইনজ্ঞ মহলের একটা বড় অংশের বক্তব্য, রায় বদলের সম্ভাবনা খুবই কম।
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সঞ্জয়ের জন্য আমি রাজ্যপালের কাছে যাব, পাশে থাকার আশ্বাস জয়ার
১৯৯৩, ১২ মার্চ। মুম্বাই। ধারাবাহিক বিস্ফোরণের ২০ বছর পর অস্ত্র আইনে বলিউড অভিনেতা সঞ্জয় দত্তকে ফের জেলে পাঠানোর রায় দিয়েছে দেশের শীর্ষ আদালত। সঞ্জু বাবার পাঁচ বছরের হাজত বাসের সাজা লাঘব করতে তাঁর পাশে দাঁড়িয়েছে গোটা ইন্ডাস্ট্রি। এই তালিকায় নবতম সংযোজন দত্ত পরিবারের ঘনিষ্ঠ বলে পরিচিত প্রবীণ আভিনেত্রী তথা সমাজবাদী পার্টির সাংসদ জয়া বচ্চন। গতকাল তিনি বলেন, "আমি নিজে রাজ্যপালের কাছে যাব।" সঞ্জয়ের মুক্তির জন্য তিনি নিজে রাজ্যপালকে দরবার করবেন বলে জানিয়েছেন জয়া।
এর আগে প্রেস কাউন্সিল চেয়ারম্যান মার্কন্ডেও কাটজুও জানান, সঞ্জয়ের রেহাইয়ের জন্য তিনিও আবেদন করবেন। মানবিকতার খাতিরে সুপ্রিম কোর্টেরও বিষয়টি বিবেচনা করা উচিত বলে মনে করেন কাটজু। ১৬১ ধারা প্রয়োগ করে সঞ্জয়কে সাজা মুক্ত করার পক্ষপাতী প্রেস কাউন্সিল চেয়ারম্যান। কাটজুর দাবি, যেহেতু ৯৩ বিস্ফোরণে সঞ্জয়ের সরাসরি যুক্ত থাকার কোনও প্রমাণ মেলেনি, তাই তাঁর সাজা মাফ করে দেওয়া হোক। ঘটনার পরিগ্রহে অনেক ভুগেছেন দত্ত। একথাও স্বীকার করে নিয়েছেন কাটজু।
কয়েক দশক ধরে বক্সঅফিস কাঁপানো এই অভিনেতা সুপ্রিম কোর্টের রায়ে কার্যত মর্মাহত হয়েছেন। রায় বেরনোর পর সাংবাদিকদের মুখোমুখি হতে চাননি মুন্না ভাই। সঞ্জয়ের বিরুদ্ধে অভিযোগ, ১৯৯৩ মুম্বাই বিস্ফোরণের পর জঙ্গি নাশকতায় ব্যবহৃত অস্ত্র নিজের কাছে রেখেছিলেন তিনি। ভুল হয়েছিল, সবটা জানাজানি হতেই অস্ত্রের প্রমাণ লোপাট করার চেষ্টা করেন তিনি। আজ সুপ্রিম কোর্টে রিভিউ পিটিশন দাখিল করার কথা সঞ্জয়ের আইনজীবীদের।
সঞ্জুবাবার রেহাইয়ের জন্য এখন একটাই রাস্তা খোলা। যদি খোদ মহারাষ্ট্রের রাজ্যপাল হস্তক্ষেপ করে সুপ্রিম কোর্টকে পূণর্বিবেচনার আবেদন জানান, সেক্ষেত্রে স্বস্তি পাবেন দত্ত পরিবাবের সদস্যরা। সেইসঙ্গে মুন্না ভাইয়ের অগণিত ভক্ত।
Sanjay Dutt
Sanjay Dutt | |
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Born | Sanjay Balraj Dutt July 29, 1959 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
Other names | Sanju Baba, Sanju, Baba, Deadly Dutt, Munna Bhai |
Occupation | Film actor, film producer,comedian, politician, television presenter, |
Years active | 1972, 1981–present |
Spouse(s) | Richa Sharma (1987–1996) (deceased) Rhea Pillai (1998–2005) (divorced)[1] Manyata Dutt (2008–present)[2] |
Children | Trishala, Shahraan, Iqra |
Parents | Sunil Dutt Nargis Dutt |
Sanjay Dutt (born July 29, 1959) is an Indian film actor, producer and politician, known for his work in Hindi cinema. Dutt, son of film actors Sunil Dutt and Nargis Dutt, made his acting debut in 1981. He has since featured in films that are amongst some of the most popular Hindi language films of the past three decades. Although Dutt has enjoyed major success in movie genres ranging from romance to comedy, it has been the roles of gangsters, thugs and police officers in films representing the action genres that has won Dutt unprecedented adulation, with fans and Indian film critics alike referring to him as the "Deadly Dutt," for his larger-than-life portrayals of such characters.
On 21 March 2013, Supreme Court of India convicted Sunjay Dutt in the illegal possession of arms relating to the 1993 Mumbai blasts case and sentenced him to 5 years imprisonment. Earlier he had been sentenced to 6 years imprisonment by a TADA court. He has been ordered to surrender within four weeks from 21 March 2013 when the judgement was given.[3][4][5]
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[edit]Personal life
Dutt was born on 29 July 1959 to a Punjabi family of Bollywood megastars Sunil Dutt andNargis and was educated at The Lawrence School, Sanawar near Chandigarh.[6] Dutt married the actress Richa Sharma in 1987.[7] Sharma died of brain tumour. The couple have a daughter, Trishala, born in 1987, who lives in the United States with her grandparents, following a custody battle with Dutt after the death of his wife.[8] Dutt's second marriage was to model Rhea Pillai in 1998.[9] They divorced in 2005. Dutt married Manyata (also known as Dilnawaz Sheikh)[10] in 2008 at a private ceremony in Goa, after two years of dating.[11] On 21 October 2010, he became a father to twins, a boy named Shahraan and a girl named Iqra.[12] He is well known for several altercations with the law, along with many other controversies throughout his life, as well as drug addiction in his early years.[citation needed] He spent 5 months in prison in late 1982 after being caught in possession of illegal substances, upon his release he spent 2 years in the United States, the majority of which was spent in a Texas rehab clinic before returning to India and resuming his career.
[edit]Film career
As a child actor, Dutt appeared in the 1972 film Reshma Aur Shera, which starred his father; he appears briefly as a qawali singer. Dutt made his Bollywood movie debut with Rocky in 1981. His mother passed away three days before the film's premiere. He went on to star in Vidhaata, the highest grossing Hindi film of 1982. In 1985 he shot for his first film in three years with Jaan Ki Baazi over the rest of the 1980s, Dutt appeared in successful films such as Main Awara Hoon (1983), Jeeva (1986), Mera Haque (1986), Immandaar, Inaam Dus Hazaar (1987), Jeete Hain Shaan Se (1987), Mardon Wali Baat (1988), Ilaaka (1989), Hum Bhi Insaan Hain (1989), Kanoon Apna Apna (1989), and Taaqatwar (1989).
The 1986 film Naam was Dutt's first major critical success, earning praise for his sensitive portrayal of lead character Vicky Kapoor. He also received critical acclaim for his performances in Mahesh Bhatt's Kabzaa and J. P. Dutta's 1989 Hathyar.[citation needed] His successes continued in the early 1990s, with films that include Tejaa,khatarnak, Thanedaar,Zahreelay, Khoon Ka Karz,Yalgaar,Gumrah, Sahibaan, Kroadh and Aatish: Feel the Fire. He went on to star in some of the most era-defining Indian films of the 1990s such as Sadak, Saajan (for which he was nominated for the Filmfare Best Actor Award) and Khal Nayak, for which he earned his second Filmfare Best Actor Award nomination. Three weeks before its release, however, in April 1993, he was arrested, charged with involvement in the 1993 Mumbai bombings.
Dutt was imprisoned for most of the next four years, while films he had worked in continued to appear from time to time. Finally released on bail in late 1997, he returned to the screen in director Ram Gopal Verma's now cult film Daud, but despite the movie taking in a phenomenal opening the film crashed and was labelled a flop by critics. He then played a supporting role in the 1998 hit Dushman.
1999 was seen as Dutt's comeback year as he started the year off by starring in the Mahesh Bhatt directed hit Kartoos along withKhoobsurat, Daag: The Fire, Haseena Maan Jayegi and the award winning Vaastav: The Reality, for which he won his first Filmfare Best Actor Award. His role in 2000's Mission Kashmir won him critical acclaim and a number of awards and nominations, as did his subsequent performance in Kurukshetra. As the decade went on, he continued to play important roles in popular and critical successes such as Jodi No.1 (2001), Pitaah, Kaante (2002) and the National Award-winning blockbuster Munna Bhai M.B.B.S., which also garnered him several awards. Later successes came with Musafir (2004), Plan (2004), Parineeta (2005) and Dus. He also won critical acclaim for his perfomences in Shabd and Zinda.
The blockbuster sequel Lage Raho Munna Bhai released in late 2006, coinciding with the start of the Mumbai bombing's trial where the nation became transfixed with Dutt's court ongoings which saw him found not guilty of terrorism related acts but jailed on two occasions between 2006–2007 for short periods, as he was found guilty under the possesion of arms act despite this he continued appearing in successes like, Dhamaal (2007), Shootout at Lokhandwala (2007), and All The Best: Fun Begins (2009), Double Dhamaal (2011) andAgneepath which earned him major critical acclaim once again. He has also appeared in Son of Sardaar opposite Ajay Devgan, which was a commercial success in India. His latest film is Zila Ghaziabad, which performed weak at the box office. He is currently working on the third Munnabhai film installment Munnabhai Chale Delhi.
In 2006 news channel NDTV named him Indian of the Year. In 2007 he received an award from the prime minister Manmohan Singh for his work in the Munna bhai series.[citation needed] In January 2008, Indian film institute Filmfare listed 12 movies featuring Dutt in its top 100 grossing movies of all time list.
[edit]Illegal possession of arms
Due to terrorist interactions, and illegal possession of a 9mm pistol and an AK-56 assault rifle,[13] on 19 April 1993, Sanjay was arrested under the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities Act (TADA).[14] He spent 18 months in jail until he was granted bail in October 1995 by the Supreme Court of India. He was later re-arrested in December 1995 and re-released in April 1997 once again on police bail terms. In 2006 the case opened for sentencing for all accused (see below). The period between 2006–2007 saw Dutt spend 7 months in Arthur Road Prison and Pune prison on three occasions for arms offences, although in 2006 Dutt was finally acquitted of any TADA-related offenses but was charged under the illegal possession of arms act.
In November 1993, a 90,000-page long primary chargesheet was filed against the 189 accused in the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts caseincluding Sanjay.[15]
In March 2006, when framing murder charges against extradited Abu Salem and co-accused Riyaz Siddiqui in the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts case, the prosecution said that Salem delivered 9 AK-56 rifles and some hand grenades to Dutt at his Bandra house in the second week of January 1993.[16]
On 13 February 2007, the special branch of Mumbai police arrested Abdul Qayyum Abdul Karim Shaikh, a close aide of Dawood Ibrahim and wanted by Mumbai Police Special Task Force for his role in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts from Mumbai.[17] Qayuum had been named by Sanjay Dutt in his confessional statement. Dutt had said that he met Qayuum in Dubai in September 1992 and bought a pistol from him. According to CBI, the pistol was sold to Sanjay at the insistance of Dawood's brother Anees Ibrahim.[18]
On 31 July 2007, Dutt was sentenced to six years rigorous imprisonment for illegally possessing weapons.[19] At the same time, Dutt was also "cleared of terrorism conspiracy charges in the blasts" related to the 1993 bombings.[19] According to The Guardian, "The actor claimed he feared for his life after the notorious "Black Friday" bombings, which were allegedly staged by Mumbai's Muslim-dominated mafia in retaliation for deadly Hindu-Muslim clashes a few months earlier. But the judge, Pramod Kode, rejected this defence and also refused bail."[19] Dutt was immediately taken into custody and sent to Mumbai's Arthur Road Jail. As the sentence was pronounced, Dutt was "visibly shocked and was seen shivering and holding back tears".[14]
On 2 August 2007, Sanjay Dutt was moved from Arthur Road jail in Mumbai to the Yerwada Central Jail in Pune.[20] On 7 August 2007, Dutt appealed against the sentence.[21] On 20 August 2007, the Supreme Court of India granted Dutt interim bail. He was released after Yerwada Central Jail authorities received a copy of the court's bail order. The bail was valid until the time the special TADA court, which sentenced Dutt on 31 July, provides a copy of its judgment to him.[22] Dutt was released from jail on 23 August.[23] On 22 October 2007 Dutt was back in jail but again applied for bail. On 27 November 2007, Dutt was granted bail by the Supreme Court.[24] On 21 March 2013 the Supreme court upheld the verdict of TADA court, though shortening it to 5 years of imprisonment. Dutt was given a time of one month to surrender before the authorities.[25]
In January 2009, Dutt announced that he would contest the 2009 Lok Sabha elections on the Samajwadi Party ticket.[26] However, he withdrew his candidacy in March 2009 after the Supreme Court refused to suspend his conviction, the party instead named him the General Secretary of the party. He left the post in December 2010 due to many controversies. One of these controversies included a leading politician of an opposition party Mayawati lodging police complaint against him for offering her a jaadu ki jappi and pappi (a now infamous dialogue from his Munnabhai Mbbs movie meaning a magic hug and kiss) on live TV.[27]
On 21 March 2013, The Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of actor to serve jail for 5 years, 18 months of which he already spent in jail during the trial. [28] The actor has four weeks to surrender. The court said that the circumstances and nature of the offence was so serious that Dutt cannot be released on probation. 53-year-old Dutt, who remained confined in his 10th floor flat at 'Imperial Heights' at Pali Hill in suburban Bandra, said in an SMS to the media he would explore legal options available after going through the verdict.
[edit]Super Fight League
Dutt celebrity entrepreneur IPL cricket team owner Raj Kundra together launched India's first professionally organized mixed martial artsleague — the Super Fight Leaue — on 16 January 2012.[29]
[edit]Awards and honors
[edit]Filmography
[edit]References
- ^ Marital woes
- ^ Sanjay Dutt Married Again[dead link]
- ^ "1993 Mumbai serial blasts case: Sanjay Dutt's conviction upheld, gets 5-year jail term". Times of India. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
- ^ "Sanjay Dutt gets five-year jail term in 1993 Mumbai blasts".Indian Express. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
- ^ "1993 Mumbai blasts: Sanjay Dutt gets 5 yrs in jail, death for Yakub Memon upheld". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
- ^ Sanjay's Life at sanjay-dutt.info, accessed 18 March 2012
- ^ "I have become a family man: Sanjay Dutt". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
- ^ "Sanjay Dutt's tearful reunion with daughter in the Bahamas". Rediff. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
- ^ "Life and loves of Sanjay Dutt he is a really fantastic". NDTV. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
- ^ "Unknown starlet Dilnawaz's journey to Mrs Manyata Dutt". Ibnlive.in. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
- ^ "Sanjay Dutt marries Manyata". Reuters. 11 February 2008. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
- ^ "Manyata Dutt delivers twins". Times of India. 21 October 2010. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
- ^ http://www.indianexpress.com/news/sanjay-dutt-gets-fiveyear-jail-term-in-1993-mumbai-blasts/1091259/
- ^ a b "and received 6 yrs jail, taken into custody". IBN. 31 July 2007. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
- ^ "TADA court trial: Chronology of events". The Hindu. 31 July 2007. Retrieved 19 April 2009.[dead link]
- ^ "Charges framed against Salem". Indian Express. 18 March 2006. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
- ^ "Man who supplied pistol to Sanjay Dutt arrested". Indian Express. 14 February 2007. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
- ^ "93 blast accused Abdul Qayyum Shaikh arrested".rediff.com. 13 February 2007. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
- ^ a b c Bollywood star gets six years as lengthy Mumbai bombing trial ends
- ^ Imtiaz Jaleel (2 August 2007). "Priya to approach SC for Sanju's bail". NDTV. Retrieved 31 July 2007.
- ^ Bollywood's Dutt appeals sentence
- ^ Sanjay Dutt gets bail. He was biif[dead link]
- ^ Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt released on bail
- ^ Sanjay Dutt released from Pune jail
- ^ http://www.firstpost.com/india/mumbai-93-blasts-sanjay-dutt-gets-five-year-jail-sentence-669614.html
- ^ He was then appointed the general secretary of the party a"Sanjay Dutt to contest elections on Samajwadi Party ticket", Reuters.
- ^ Sanjay Dutt can't contest polls: Supreme Court[dead link]
- ^ http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/sanjay-dutt-convicted-in-1993-bombay-blasts-case-gets-5-years-in-jail-345095?pfrom=home-lateststories
- ^ Olivera, Roshni. "Ready for the Super Fight League?". The Times Of India (Mumbai). Retrieved 19 January 2012.
1993 Bombay bombings
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Location | Bombay, Maharashtra, India |
Date | 12 March 1993 13:30–15:40 (UTC+05:30) |
Target | Hotels, office buildings, banks, etc. |
Attack type | car bombing |
Weapon(s) | 13 car bombs (RDX) containingshrapnel |
Deaths | 257[1] |
Injured (non-fatal) | 713[2] |
Assailants | Underworld criminal groups affiliated with Islamic groups with training in India(D-Company) |
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The 1993 Bombay bombings were a series of 13 bomb explosions that took place inBombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra, India on Friday, 12 March 1993.[3] The coordinated attacks were the most destructive bomb explosions in Indian history. The single-day attacks resulted in over 250 fatalities and 700 injuries.[4]
The attacks were coordinated by Dawood Ibrahim,[5] don of the Bombay-based international organised crime syndicate named D-Company.[6][7]
Ibrahim is believed to have ordered and helped organise the bombings in Bombay, through one of his subordinates, Tiger Memon. The bombings are also believed to have been financially assisted by the expatriate Indian smugglers, Hajji Ahmed, Hajji Umar and Taufiq Jaliawala, as well as the India smugglers, Aslam Bhatti and Dawood Jatt. The Indian authorities have also alleged the involvement of the Pakistani intelligence agency, Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), in the blasts.[7] Several of the terrorists received arms, ammunition and explosives training in Pakistan or were recruited from Dubai, UAE.
Asghar Yusuf Muquddam and Shahnawaz Qureshi, who have been found guilty for involvement in the blasts pleaded for leniency, claiming that they were not terrorists and were emotionally driven to participate in the act. Mukadam claimed that the main conspirators took advantage of his "frame of mind" after the demolition of Babri Masjid and the subsequent riots, alleging police partiality during the riots. "Vested interests" instigated him to act as he did. Quareshi was trained in Pakistan to handle arms and ammunition. He and Muquddam parked the explosive filled vehicle at Plaza cinema, Mumbai which resulted in 10 deaths and 37 injuries.[8] Qureshi reached Pakistan via Dubai, where he claims he was taken "under the pretext of providing ... an alternative job". He claims that his house was set on fire during the riots. [9]
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[edit]Background
In December 1992 and January 1993, there was widespread rioting in Mumbai following the 6 December destruction of Babri Mosque inAyodhya . Although there was no loss of life in the incident at Ayodhya, a series of riots soon erupted throughout the nation, most notably in Bombay (now Mumbai). After five years following the December–January riots, the Srikrishna Commission Report stated that nine hundred individuals lost their lives and over two thousand were injured, Hindus and muslims suffered equally, in the riots. [10]
[edit]Confession of Gul Mohammed
Three days before the bombings took place on 9 March 1993, a small time hood from the Behrampada slum in North east Bombay named Gul Noor Mohammad Sheikh a.k.a. "Gullu" was detained at the Nav Pada police station. A participant in the communal riots that had rocked Bombay the previous year, Gullu was also one of the 19 men handpicked by the gold smuggler and chief mastermind,Tiger Memon and sent to Pakistan via Dubai on 19 February 1993, for training of the use of arms and bomb making.[11]
Upon completion of his training, Gullu returned to Bombay via Dubai on 4 March 1993, only to find that in his absence the police had picked up his brothers to get him to surrender. In a vain attempt to secure his brothers' release, Gullu surrendered to the police. He confessed to his role in the riots, his training in Pakistan, and a conspiracy underway to bomb major locations around the city, including the Bombay Stock Exchange, Sahar International Airport and the Shiv Sena Bhavan. However, his conspiracy claim was dismissed by the police as "mere bluff".[11]
The arrest of Gul Mohammed spurred Tiger Memon to advance the date of the blasts which were to coincide with the Shiv Jayanticelebrations in April 1993 to 12 March to pre-empt any police action.[11][12]
[edit]The bombings
At 1:30 pm a powerful car bomb exploded in the basement of the Bombay Stock Exchange building. The 28-story office building housing the exchange was severely damaged, and many nearby office buildings also suffered some damage. About 50 were killed by this explosion.[13] About 30 minutes later, another car bomb exploded elsewhere in the city, and from 1:30 pm to 3:40 pm a total of 13 bombs exploded throughout Bombay. Most of the bombs were car bombs, but some were in scooters.[14]
Three hotels, the Hotel Sea Rock, Hotel Juhu Centaur, and Hotel Airport Centaur, were targeted by suitcase bombs left in rooms booked by the perpetrators.[15] Banks, the regional passport office, hotels, the Air India Building, and a major shopping complex were also hit. Bombs exploded at Zaveri Bazaar, area opposite of Century Bazaar, Katha Bazaar, Shiv Sena Bhawan, and Plaza Theatre. A jeep-bomb at the Century Bazaar exploded.[16] Grenades were also thrown at Sahar International Airport and at Fishermen's Colony, apparently targeting Hindus at the latter.[17] A double decker bus was very badly damaged in one of the explosions and that single incident accounted for the greatest loss of life – perhaps up to ninety people were killed.[16]
Locations attacked included:
- Fisherman's Colony in Mahim causeway[18]
- Zaveri Bazaar[15]
- Plaza Cinema[15]
- Century Bazaar[15]
- Katha Bazaar[15]
- Hotel Sea Rock[15]
- Sahar Airport[15]
- Air India Building[15]
- Hotel Juhu Centaur[15]
- Worli[19]
- Bombay Stock Exchange Building[13]
- Passport Office[20]
[edit]Aftermath
The official number of dead was 257 with 1,400 others injured (some news sources say 317 people died;[21] this is due to a bomb which killed 60 in Calcutta on 17 March[22]). Several days later, unexploded car bombs were discovered at a railway station. Terrorist groups based in Pakistan were suspected to be responsible for these bombings, and evidence uncovered pointed to the involvement of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim.
On 25 August 2003, two large and destructive bombs left in taxis exploded in south Mumbai – the Gateway of India and Zaveri Bazaarin the busy Kalbadevi area – killing 52 people and wounding more than a hundred others. Two Pakistan based militant groups, Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Toiba, were found to be responsible for the attacks. Along with the July 2006 train bombings in Mumbai, these attacks are believed to be in retaliation for the 2002 Gujarat riots in which more than a thousand persons, including 600 Muslims and 400 Hindus were killed which was in turn triggered by gruesome Burning of Hindu pilgrimage travelers by Muslim extremist Mob ,[23] though the Gujarat government denies such a connection.[24]
On 11 July 2006, the Chief Minister of Maharashtra during the blasts, Sharad Pawar, admitted, on record, that he had "deliberately misled" people following the 1993 Bombay blasts by saying there were "12 and not 11" explosions, adding the name of a Muslim-dominated locality to show that people from both communities had been affected.[25] He tried to justify this deception by claiming that it was a move to prevent communal riots by falsely portraying that both Hindu and Muslim communities in the city had been affected adversely. He also admits to lying about evidence recovered and misleading people into believing that some of it pointed to the Tamil Tigers as possible suspects.[25]
The bombings also caused a major rift within the D-Company, the most powerful criminal organisation in the Mumbai underworld headed by Dawood Ibrahim. Infuriated at the bombings, Ibrahim's right hand man Chotta Rajan split from the organisation, taking most of the leadership-level Hindu aides such as Sadhu Shetty, Jaspal Singh and Mohan Kotiyan with him. Rajan's split divided the Mumbai underworld along communal lines and pitted Chotta Rajan's predominantly Hindu gang against Dawood Ibrahim's predominantly Muslim D-Company. The ensuing gang war took the lives of more than a hundred gangsters and continues to this day.[26] Seven of the accused (Salim Kurla, Majeed Khan, Shakil Ahmed, Mohammed Jindran, Hanif Kadawala, Akbar Abu Sama Khan and Mohammed Latif) were systematically assassinated by Chotta Rajan's hitmen.[27][28]
[edit]Arrests, convictions and verdict
Many hundreds of people were arrested and detained in Indian courts. In 2006, 100 of the 129 finally accused were found to be guilty and were convicted by Justice PD Kode of the specially designated TADA court. Many of the 100 are still missing including the main conspirators and masterminds of the attacks – Tiger Memon and Dawood Ibrahim. On 12 September 2006, the special TADA court hearing the case convicted four members of the Memon family for their involvement in the 1993 Bombay bombings.[29]
Three other members of the Memon family were acquitted by the special TADA court with the judge giving them the benefit of the doubt.[29] The four members of the Memon family are being held after being found guilty on charges of conspiring and abetting acts of terror.[30] All four of them face jail terms from five years in prison to life imprisonment, that will be determined based on the severity of their crime.[29] A day later, the TADA court announced that it would start pronouncing the verdict of the thirty-one people charged with transporting and planting bombs.
Yakub Memon, the brother of prime accused Tiger Memon, was charged for possession of unauthorised arms. After the blasts, family members of Tiger, including Yakub, escaped from Bombay to Dubai and Pakistan. Correspondents say Tiger Memon owned a restaurant in Bombay and was allegedly closely associated with Dawood Ibrahim, the chief suspect.[31]
Except for Tiger and his brother Ayub, the entire family returned to India and were promptly arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation in 1994. Since then, Yakub has been in custody and is undergoing treatment for depression. The Memon family was subsequently tried in court and found guilty of conspiracy. The defence lawyers have asked for leniency in the sentencing and have caused delays in the process.[31]
Two of the accused, Mohammed Umar Khatlab and Badshah Khan (pseudonym given by the prosecution to hide his real identity) turned state approvers.[28]
Dawood Ibrahim, believed to have masterminded the terrorist attacks, is the Don of the Mumbai organised crime syndicate D-Company, largely consisting of Muslims. He is suspected of having connections to several Pakistan based terrorist groups,[32] such as al-Qaedaand its leader, Osama bin Laden,[33] as well as Lashkar-e-Toiba[34] and was declared a terrorist by the governments of India and the United States in 2003. Ibrahim is now wanted by Interpol as a part of the worldwide terror syndicate of Osama bin Laden.[35] He has been in hiding since the blasts and is believed to be hiding in Pakistan, which the Pakistani government denies.[36] The Bush administration in the United States imposed sanctions on Ibrahim in 2006.[37]
The penalty stage of the longest running trial in India's history is still ongoing. In February 2007, prosecutors asked for the death penalty for forty-four of the hundred convicted. The prosecution also requested the death penalty for those convicted of conspiracy in the case.[38]
[edit]The Memons
- Yakub Memon has spent approximately 15+ years in prison. He was sentenced to death by hanging by the Judge, Akash Ray (name changed to protect identity).
- Convicted for conspiracy.
- Arranging finance and managing its disbursement through co-accused, Mulchand Shah and from a firm, Tejarath International, owned by absconding accused, and brother, Ayub Memon to achieve objectives of conspiracy.
- Arranged for air tickets through Altafali Mushtaqali Sayyed, East West travels for the youths who were sent for arms and ammunition training to Pakistan. Also made arrangements for their lodging and boarding.
- Purchased motor vehicles which were used while planting bombs.
- Requested co-accused, Amjadali Meherbux and Altafali Sayyed, to store suitcases containing arms, ammunition, hand grenades and detonators.
- Essa and Yusuf Memon, brothers of Yakub.
- Both were charged for allowing their flat in Al-Hussaini building, Mahim to be used for hosting conspiracy meetings as well as storage of arms and explosives.
- Essa has already spent about 13 years in prison. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in the bombings on October 2006.[39]
- Yusuf is a chronic schizophrenia patient, but has spent less than a year in prison. He had also allowed use of his van for planting bombs. Yusuf was sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in the attacks, but granted bail on medical grounds stipulating that he would remain in hospital for treatment.[40]
- Rubina Memon. Her Maruti car was the first piece of evidence in the trial. She was convicted for allowing the use of her Maruti van, registered on her name, by other accused, who had delivered the explosives and awarded a life sentence.[41]
- Three members of the Memon family – Suleiman, Hanifa and Raheen were acquitted with the judge giving them the benefit of doubt.[42]
[edit]The Planters
Prosecution has sought the death sentence for all except Imtiaz Ghavate as he is HIV positive. The prosecution has sought a lesser sentence for him.
- Shoaib Ghansar planted an RDX-laden scooter in Zaveri Bazaar that killed 17 and injured 57 others
- Asghar Mukadam planted an RDX-laden van in Plaza Cinema with Shahnawaz Qureshi that killed 10 and injured 37 others
- Participated in the loading of RDX in vehicles, on 11 March
- Collected money from Mulchand Shah and facilitating disbursement of money to other accused
- Sentenced to death on 19 July 2007.[43]
- Shahnawaz Qureshi planted an RDX-laden van at Plaza Cinema with Asghar Mukadam, killing 10 and injuring 37others
- Guilty of taking arms training in Pakistan via Dubai and of loading the contraband in Al-Hussaini building on 11 March 1993.
- Sentenced to death on 19 July 2007.[43]
- Abdul Ghani Turk, guilty of parking RDX-laden jeep at Century Bazaar killing 113 and injuring 227
- Filling RDX in vehicles killing 113 and injuring 227
- Sentenced to death on 18 July 2007.[45]
- Parvez Shaikh, guilty of parking a bomb in Katha Bazaar that killed four.
- Guilty of planting bomb in Hotel Sea Rock, destroying property worth nine crores.
- Sentenced to death on 18 July 2007.[45]
- Mohammed Iqbal Mohammed Yusuf Shaikh, convicted for throwing hand grenades in Sahar airport; parking an unexploded RDX-laden scooter in Naigaon
- Obtaining arms training in Pakistan, loading RDX in vehicles on the night of 11 March
- Sentenced to death on 20 July 2007.[46]
- Naseem Barmare, guilty of hurling hand grenades at Sahar airport.
- Parking unexploded scooter at Naigaum.
- Acquiring weapon training in Pakistan.
- Participating in conspiracy meetings
- Preparing vehicle bombs.
- Sentenced to life imprisonment and fined Rs. 2,30,000.[47]
- Mohammed Farooq Pawale planted an RDX-laden car at Air-India building killing 20 and injuring 84.
- Parking an RDX-laden van near Sena Bhavan with approver killing 4 and injuring 50
- Participated in arms training in Pakistan
- Participated in the landing of arms and ammunition at Shekhadi
- Sentenced to death on 25 July 2007.[48]
- Mushtaq Tarani participated in a meeting at hotel Taj Mahal. He did a reconnaissance of the sites for the blasts.
- Planting at Hotel Juhu Centaur injuring 3 and causing loss of property worth Rs 2.10 crore
- Planting an unexploded scooter at Sheikh Memen street in Zaveri Bazaar
- Sentenced to death on 18 July 2007.[45]
- Imtiaz Ghavate was the only one who did not face death planted unexploded RDX-laden scooter at Dhanji street in South Bombay.
- He also participated in the landing of RDX, arms and ammunition at Shekhadi. He was present at the Al Husseini building, where vehicle bombs were readied.
- Sentenced to life imprisonment and slapped a fine of Rs. 2,27,000.[47]
[edit]Accused involved
Mohammed Moin Qureshi, Feroz Amani Malik, Bashir Khairulla, Zakir Hussain and Abdul Akhtar Khan had pelted hand grendes in Mahim Causeway causing three deaths and injuring six. The driver Salim Shaikh, did not pelt any hand grenades.
- Bashir Khairulla convicted for his participation in arms, ammunition and explosives training conducted by Tiger Memon in Sandheri and Bhorghat
- Convicted for participating in the conspirator's meetings in the house of Mubina Baya and for participating in the filling of RDX in the vehicles.
- Sentenced to life imprisonment on 20 July 2007.[49]
- Zakir Hussain was convicted for participating in the arms, ammunition and weapon training in Pakistan, for participating in conspirator's meetings and participating in the filling of RDX
- Sentenced to death on 24 July 2007.[50]
- Abdul Akhtar Khan convicted for taking arms, ammunition and explosives training in Pakistan.
- Sentenced to death on 24 July 2007.[50]
- Firoz Amani Malik convicted for taking arms, ammunition and explosives training in Pakistan
- Sentenced to death on 24 July 2007.[50]
- Moin Qureshi convicted for participating in the arms, ammunition and explosives training, participating in the conspirator's meeting and participating in the filling of RDX in vehicles on 11 March.
- Was also found guilty for being in possession of 17 hand grenades.
- Sentenced to life imprisonment on 24 July 2007.[50]
[edit]Landing agents
- Dawood Phanse a.k.a. Dawood Taklya (Dawood Baldie). He is guilty of conspiracy, organising the landing of arms, ammunition and the nearly 3,000 kg of RDX in 57 gunny bags at Shekhadi in Raigad district on 3 and 7 February 1993; attending a conspiracy meeting in Dubai with Dawood Ibrahim and Tiger Memon.[51]
- Sharif Abdul Gafoor Parkar a.k.a. Dadabhai, guilty of bribing officials and police at Raigad to assist in the landing of RDX, arms and ammunition at Shekhadi, showed training camps at Sandheri and Bhor Ghat, transportation of consignment.[51][53]
- Sentenced to 14 years imprisonment as he was aware of the content of the contraband, but accquited of conspiracy. He was also fined Rs. 2,00,000, defaulting which he would have to serve three more years.[53]
[edit]Customs officials
- S.N. Thapa, former additional customs collector, preventive
- Accused of being Guilty of conspiracy. Convicted for getting the information about the landing at Shekhadi and that the main exit point could be in Mhasla Shrivardhan area. He is alleged to have laid a trap at Purarphata on Mhasla-Goregaon road on 30 January. Besides that, his team gave up the vigil after 2 February in spite of the warnings (confessions of co-accused in TADA Court shows that landing actually took place many days after team led by Thapa had left for Mumbai) and that the smugglers, in fact, postponed the landing as they heard from sources that an ambush had been laid for them by Thapa. These accusations stand to be the same even though confessions of others convicted say otherwise. To quote "He (Phanse) also confessed that the duo (Phanse and Parkar)bribed all Customs officers except for Thapa, who incidentally is an accused in the case.".[54] In the 10,000 page judgement copy provided, TADA Court judge, P.D. Kode resons that even though there is no direct or in-direct evidence against Mr. S.N. Thapa, he is awarded a term of life imprisonment because he was the seniormost customs officer and thus must be knowing about the conspiracy. Till his last days, Thapa proclaimed his innocence and was confident that the greater conspiracy of his wrongful arrest,trial and conviction would be unveiled in the Supreme Court who, in 1994 granted him bail after going through all evidence stating that there is no direct or in-direct evidence to prove that Mr. S.N. Thapa was part in planning, landing or transportation of contraband substances nor that was he aware of any such conspiracy for blasts in Mumbai.[55]
- S.N. Thapa died due to lung cancer on 11 April 2008. His family expressed hopes that the supreme court will entertain their quest for the truth.[citation needed]
- R K Singh, Former assistant commissioner of customs,
- convicted for facilitating RDX landing in Shekhadi after accepting bribe of more than 7.8 lakh Rupees.
- Had meetings with the accused.
- Sentenced to 9 years rigorous imprisonment and slapped a fine of Rs 3,00,000. [56]
- Mohammed Sultan Sayyed, former customs superintendent.
- Convicted for facilitating RDX landing in Shekhadi after accepting bribe of more than 7.8 lakh.
- Had attended meetings with the accused.
- Sentenced to 7 years rigorous imprisonment and fine of Rs 1,00,000.[57]
- Jaywant Gurav, former customs inspector.[citation needed]
- Convicted for allowing passage of RDX from Raigad to Mumbai
- Sentenced to 8 years rigorous imprisonment and slapped a fine of Rs 2,00,000. [58]
- S S Talwadekar, former customs superintendent.[citation needed]
- Convicted for allowing passage of RDX from Raigad to Mumbai
- Sentenced to 8 years rigorous imprisonment and slapped a fine of Rs 2,00,000. [59]
[edit]Policemen
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- Vijay Patil, ex police sub-inspector
- Guilty of conspiracy and taking bribe to allow passage of RDX from Raigad to Mumbai
- Has been sentenced to life imprisonment and 1 lakh rupees fine by TADA court on 22 May 2007
- Ashok Muleshwar, P M Mahadik, Ramesh Mali and S Y Palshikar; all Police Constables
- Guilty of allowing passage of RDX of arms from Raigad to Mumbai.
- All four sentenced by TADA court to six years' imprisonment and a fine of Rs 25,000 each on 21 May 2007
[edit]Sanjay Dutt and co-conspirators
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- Sanjay Dutt, convicted and sentenced to 5 years in prison for possessing arms[60].
- Yusuf Nulwalla, convicted for trying to destroy Sanjay's arms. He has been sentenced to five years rigorous imprisonment with two years further for destroying the arms. Also, he has to pay Rs 25,000 as fine.
- Kersi Adejania, convicted for trying to destroy Sanjay's arms. He has been sentenced to two years rigorous imprisonment. He too has been slapped with a fine of Rs. 25,000.
- Rusi Mulla, convicted for trying to destroy Sanjay's arms. He has been freed by the court but has to pay Rs. 1 lakh to the court.
- All four have been convicted under Arms Act and had applied for release under Probation of Offenders Act
[edit]Others
- Zaibunnisa Kadri guilty for storing AK-56 and hand grenades at the instance of Anees Ibrahim and Abu Salem, she faces a minimum of five years RI.[citation needed]
- Mansoor Ahmed convicted for carrying weapons from Sanjay Dutt's house to co-accused's house has already spent 9 years in prison[citation needed]
- Samir Hingora convicted for conspiracy.[61] For supplying 3 AK-56 rifles, its magazines and ammunition, hand grenades to Sanjay Dutt's residence as told to by Anis Ibrahim. Prosecution has sought the death sentence
- Ibrahim Musa Chauhan alias Baba Chauhan convicted for supplying AK-56 rifles, its magazines, ammunition, and hand grenades to Sanjay Dutt and Salim Kurla as told to by Anis Ibrahim. He was also convicted for being in unauthorised possession of one AK 56 rifles, 635 ammunition, 10 magazines, and 25 hand grenades, which were recovered by the police[citation needed]
- Ejaz Pathan extradited from Dubai in 2003, participated in Dubai meetings, provided men for landing of arms and ammunition at Shekhadi, for being in possession of arms and sending youth to Dubai for arms training.[62]
[edit]Popular culture
S. Hussain Zaidi released a book by the name of Black Friday – The True Story of the Bombay Bomb Blasts about the 1993 Bombay bombings. It was later made into a film in 2004 by Indian film maker Anurag Kashyap named Black Friday. Babu Janardhanan'sMammootty-starrer Malayalam film entitled Bombay March 12 is also based on the bomb blasts.[63]
[edit]See also
- Azam Ghauri(One of the bombers later killed by police)
- 11 July 2006 Mumbai train bombings
- 2011 Mumbai bombings
- 2008 Mumbai attacks
- Ayodhya debate
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