Three more get death for 1993 Mumbai blasts

Mumbai, July 24 (IANS) Three more people were Tuesday sentenced to death for their involvement in the 1993 Mumbai terror bombings, taking the number of those sent to the gallows in the case to 10.

The special anti-terror court sentenced Zakir Hussain Noor Mohammed Sheikh, Abdul Khan and Feroze Amani Malik to death for criminal conspiracy, aiding and abetting terror and murder.

The trio were found guilty of throwing hand grenades at the Mahim fishermen's colony in central Mumbai, which killed three people and injured six.

Special Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) judge Pramod Kode, however, spared Moin Qureshi capital punishment, as he was only 17 at the time of the terror attacks that killed 257 people, and sentenced him to rigorous life imprisonment.

So far, the court has sentenced 91 of the 100 convicts in the case. While 10 have been sentenced to death, 19 have got life.

The nine convicts awaiting sentencing include Farooq Pawale, who planted the RDX-laden vehicles at the Air India building in south Mumbai and Lucky Petrol Pump near Shiv Sena Bhavan in central Mumbai's Dadar, four members of prime conspirator Tiger Memon's family, Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt and three of his associates.