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Mumbai bomb attack verdicts due Four guilty in 1993 Mumbai bombs
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A special court in India's western city of Mumbai (Bombay) is expected to deliver verdicts over serial bomb blasts that rocked the city in 1993. A court in India's western Mumbai (Bombay) city has found four members of a family guilty for their roles in the serial bomb blasts in the city in 1993.
The verdicts were to have been delivered last month but were deferred. A total of 123 defendants are accused of involvement in the blasts in India's financial capital that killed 257 people and wounded 713.
A total of 123 defendants are accused of involvement in a series of bombings in India's financial capital, killing 257 people and wounding 713. Judge PD Kode said the other verdicts would be announced in stages because of the large number of accused.
The verdicts should bring an end to one of India's longest running trials, but the main accused has not been caught. The main accused, underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, has not been caught.
Ibrahim is now believed to be living in Pakistan and is accused of being the mastermind of the plot.
Judge Kode said that four members of a family, Yaqub Memon, Yusuf Memon, Isa Memon and Rubina Memon had been found guilty of involvement in the bombings.
All of them have been found guilty of conspiracy and abetting a terrorist act.
They are related to the main accused, Tiger Memon, who has not been caught and is believed to living outside India.
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Dawood Ibrahim is now believed to be living outside India and is accused of being the mastermind of the plot.
Bollywood star, Sanjay Dutt, is among the accused.Bollywood star, Sanjay Dutt, is among the accused.
The 1993 blasts in Mumbai killed 257 peopleThe 1993 blasts in Mumbai killed 257 people
The BBC's Zubair Ahmed in Mumbai says that Mr Dutt's recent blockbuster, depicting the Gandhian philosophy of non-violence, has won him nationwide praise. Dutt was arrested 13 years ago on terrorism charges and spent nearly two years in jail before the Supreme Court released him on bail.
He was arrested 13 years ago on terrorism charges and spent nearly two years in jail before the Supreme Court released him on bail. The BBC's Zubair Ahmed in Mumbai says that there have been few trials in India to match this one in legal history.
Our correspondent say that there have been few trials to match it in legal history.
It has taken more than a decade, with evidence from more than 600 witnesses.It has taken more than a decade, with evidence from more than 600 witnesses.
1993 MUMBAI BLASTS 12 blasts257 dead713 injured123 arrested and tried686 witnesses testify35,000 pages of evidence submitted13 years to reach verdict1993 MUMBAI BLASTS 12 blasts257 dead713 injured123 arrested and tried686 witnesses testify35,000 pages of evidence submitted13 years to reach verdict
The bombings are believed to have been carried out by one of the city's notorious underworld crime syndicates, which were then dominated by Muslims.The bombings are believed to have been carried out by one of the city's notorious underworld crime syndicates, which were then dominated by Muslims.
Their motive is said to have been to avenge the deaths of Muslims killed in religious rioting in the city during the preceding months.Their motive is said to have been to avenge the deaths of Muslims killed in religious rioting in the city during the preceding months.
Most of the accused men have been languishing in jail for the last 13 years.Most of the accused men have been languishing in jail for the last 13 years.
Lawyers have criticised the length of the trial.Lawyers have criticised the length of the trial.
The case has taken so long that 12 of the accused have died, and others have been imprisoned for so much longer than their likely sentence that a guilty verdict may still result in them walking free.The case has taken so long that 12 of the accused have died, and others have been imprisoned for so much longer than their likely sentence that a guilty verdict may still result in them walking free.