Abu Salem gets life imprisonment in 1993 Mumbai blasts case

Mumbai, September 7 : Extradited gangster Abu Salem was on Thursday sentenced to life imprisonment by a Mumbai court in the 1993 serial blasts case. Besides Salem, the court also sentenced Karimullah Khan to life imprisonment in connection with the case.A special TADA court had in June convicted six people, including mastermind Mustafa Dossa and Salem, in the blasts case, 24 years after the attacks left 257 people dead in the country’s financial capital.It, however, let off accused Abdul Quayyum, for want of evidence. This was the second leg of the trial. All the seven accused were facing multiple charges, which included criminal conspiracy, waging war against the Government of India and murder.The court had earlier held that prosecution proved Salem was one of the main conspirators and he delivered three AK-56 rifles and ammunition and hand grenades to actor Sanjay Dutt (convicted in earlier phase of trial under the Arms Act).