13°00′25″N 0°12′11″E / 13.007°N 0.203°E 1993 bombing of RSS office in Chennai refers to the bombing of a head office of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh in Chennai in Tamil Nadu on 8 August 1993.
| Chennai RSS office bombing | |
|---|---|
| Location | Chennai, Tamil Nadu |
| Date | 8 August 1993 |
| Deaths | 11 |
| Injured | 7 |
Trial and convictions
editA special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court tried eighteen of the accused under the now-defunct Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act. In 2007, the court convicted eleven people, sentencing three to life imprisonment; however, four were acquitted for lack of evidence, among them S. A. Basha, the founder of Al Ummah. The judge stated, "There is no evidence what-so-ever to prove that all the accused here-in and the organisations were involved in the said conspiracy, particularly in the demolition of the RSS office", referring to organisations such as Al Ummah, the Jihad Committee, and the Islamic Peace Organisation.[1]
In 2017, CBI announced a reward of Rs.10 lakh for information related to Mushtaq Ahmed, one of the main individuals accused in the bombing.[2] Ahmed was later arrested in January 2018.[3]
References
edit- ↑ "Eleven persons convicted in 1993 RSS office bomb blast case". The Times of India. 21 June 2007.
- ↑ "Chennai RSS office blast: CBI announces reward of Rs 10 Lakh for information". 28 April 2017.
- ↑ "Chennai: CBI arrests Mushtaq Ahmed, 24 years after bomb blast on RSS headquarters". WION. 5 January 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
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