CBI to challenge Abdul Karim Tunda's acquittal in 1993 serial bomb blast case
ALSO READ: LeT’s Tunda tells court he wasn’t arrested in India The central probe agency agency said 12 people have been convicted in the case so far. These 12 include Irfan and Hamir-Ul-Uddin who were sentenced to life imprisonment by the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court on Thursday. Abdul Karim Tunda, a key accused in the 1993 serial train blasts case, was acquitted on Thursday.
His lawyer said the prosecution could not provide enough evidence to prove the charges. Tunda was arrested in 2013 from a hamlet near the India-Nepal border. The 81-year-old Tunda is a close aide of wanted terrorist Dawood Ibrahim.
He was accused of carrying out blasts in five passenger trains in December 1993 to mark the first anniversary of the Babri Masjid demolition. ALSO READ: Top lashkar-e-toiba bomb expert Abdul Karim Tunda discharged The blasts were carried out in passenger trains in Lucknow, Kanpur, Hyderabad, Surat and Mumbai on the intervening night of December 5-6, 1993. The TADA court had framed charges against Tunda, and Irfan alias Pappu and Hamiduddin on September 30, 2021.
ALSO READ: Tunda tells police he was in constant touch with ISI After the latest court order, Tunda's counsel Shafquatullah Sultani said in Ajmer that the court has acquitted Abdul Karim Tunda of all the charges framed against him. "He is completely innocent. He has been acquitted of every section of every Act by the court.
CBI prosecution could not produce any concrete piece of evidence before the court in TADA, IPC, Railway Acts, Arms Act, or Explosive Substances Act," the counsel added. He said probe agencies alleged that Tunda helped other accused in making bombs which they planted after being inspired by him. "The defence
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