Information About Incident 26303-45941-104400 in Washim India

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Shaikh had ridden a scooter, laden with RDX explosives and a timer device, from the Al Husseini Building at Mahim to Katha Bazaar in south Mumbai, where the vehicle exploded killing four persons and injuring 21.

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• Meta Location: Mahim Katha Bazaar Mumbai
• Matched District: Washim
• Actgroup: kill
• Actor: the vehicle
• Subject: four persons

Context

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The designated Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court on September 21 convicted Parvez Nazir Ahmed Shaikh in connection with the March 12, 1993 bomb blasts at Katha Bazaar and Bandra in Mumbai, reports The Hindu. Shaikh had ridden a scooter, laden with RDX explosives and a timer device, from the Al Husseini Building at Mahim to Katha Bazaar in south Mumbai, where the vehicle exploded killing four persons and injuring 21. Property worth INR 3.7 million was also damaged. Subsequently, Shaikh brought a suitcase, filled with RDX and a timer device, and planted it in room 1840 of Sea Rock Hotel at Bandra. The blast caused damage to the tune of INR 90 million. Shaikh was convicted under Sections 3 (2) (i) and 3 (2) (ii) of TADA. He was also charged under Section 3 (3) of TADA, in addition to Section 120 (b) of the Indian Penal Code (criminal conspiracy), for taking part in the landing of arms, ammunition and explosives at Shekhadi in Raigad district in February 1993, for having undergone training in use of weapons in Sandheri and Bhorghat, for filling RDX in motor vehicles on the night of March 11 and 12, and transporting arms and ammunition from Jogeshwari to Musafirkhana along with the co-accused.

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