New Delhi: The Terrorist and Anti-Disruptive Activities Act (TADA) court docket on Thursday acquitted Abdul Karim Tunda, the first accused within the 1993 serial bomb blasts case, citing an absence of proof. Advocate Shafqat Sultani, representing Tunda, highlighted that the CBI failed to offer substantial proof in opposition to Abdul Karim Tunda.
“Abdul Karim Tunda is innocent, today the Court gave this judgement. Abdul Karim Tunda has been acquitted in all sections and all acts. CBI prosecution could not produce any concrete piece of evidence before the court in TADA, IPC, Railway Acts, Arms Act, or Explosive Substances Act,” Advocate Sultani informed reporters.
The CBI had accused Tunda of being the mastermind behind the blasts on 4 trains on the primary anniversary of the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition. “We had been saying from the beginning that Abdul Karim Tunda is innocent…Irfan and Hamiduddin have been convicted and the quantum of the sentence will be pronounced shortly,” he added.
The expenses have been framed in opposition to Tunda, and two different accused, recognized as Irfan alias Pappu and Hamiruddin, for orchestrating the blasts in Lucknow, Kanpur, Hyderabad, Surat and Mumbai on the intervening evening of December 5-6, 1993.
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