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| Third woman accused acquitted in Mumbai blasts | | | Mumbai, Oct 3 (
A designated TADA court today acquitted Ruksana
Zariwala, wife of absconding accused Mohammed Shafi Zariwala while
convicted Niyaz Ahmed Sheikh of charges for involvement in the 1993
Mumbai serial bomb blasts.
Ruksana, one of the six women among the total 123 accused who
faced trial in the case, was acquitted by judge Pramod Kode, giving
her benefit of doubt for want of sufficient evidence against her to
prove charges of conspiracy and aiding and abetting the crime by
transporting arms and ammunition from Jogeshwari to Musafirkhanna in
South Mumbai in a cab.
Niyaz , on the other hand, was found guilty of the charge of
undergoing training in handing of arms and explosives in Pakistan
and for participating in conspiracy meetings besides surveying
potential targets, including the Bombay Stock Exchange and
Brihan-Mumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).
Ruksana, whose co-accused husband is a close aide of absconding
prime accused Tiger Memon, is the third woman to be acquitted in the
case, others being Hanifa Memon, mother of Tiger Memon and Rubeena
Memon, wife of convict Yakub Memon. |
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