Abdul Karim Tunda, main accused in 1993 train blasts, acquitted
Abdul Karim Tunda, the main accused in the 1993 train blasts case, was acquitted by a TADA court in Rajasthan's Ajmer for want of evidence.
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- Abdul Karim Tunda, main accused in 1993 train bomb blasts, acquitted by TADA court
- Abdul Karim Tunda acquitted due to lack of evidence
- Two others accused found guilty, handed life imprisonment
A TADA (Terrorist and Anti-Disruptive Activities Act) court in Rajasthan's Ajmer on Thursday acquitted Abdul Karim Tunda, the main accused in the 1993 train blasts case, due to a lack of evidence. Tunda, 81, is a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) bomber.
Two others accused -- Irfan and Hamiduddin -- were found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment by the court.
In 2013, Tunda, an aide of underworld don and 1993 Mumbai serial blasts mastermind Dawood Ibrahim, was arrested from the India-Nepal border, on charges of orchestrating the blasts in Lucknow, Kanpur, Hyderabad, Surat and Mumbai, on the intervening night of December 5-6, 1993.
The train bombings, which killed two people and injured several others, had coincided with the first anniversary of the demolition of the Babri Masjid in Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya on December 6, 1992.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had considered Tunda as the mastermind of the 1993 train blasts case.
In February last year, a court in Haryana acquitted Tunda in the 1997 twin Rohtak blast cases for a lack of evidence, his counsel Vineet Verma said.
Two bombs went off at the Old Sabzi Mandi and Qila Road on January 22, 1997, in Rohtak, leaving eight injured.
Tunda is a resident of Pilkhua in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad district.