1993 Serial Train Blasts Case | Rajasthan Court Acquits Alleged Mastermind Abdul Tunda, Convicts 2 Others

A Court in Rajasthan's Ajmer District today acquitted Prime Accused and alleged mastermind Abdul Karima Tunda in connection with the 1993 Serial Train Blasts Case. The Court, however, convicted two others (Irfan Irfan and Hameeduddin) and sentenced them to life imprisonment.

The incident traces back to December 6, 1993, when a series of bomb blasts took place in Rajdhani express trains across various parts of the country, including Mumbai, Lucknow, Kanpur, Hyderabad, and Surat. Thereafter, five cases were registered at respective police stations in Kota, Valsad, Kanpur, Allahabad and Malka Giri and were later transferred to CBI and re-registered under TADA.

These bombings were purportedly in retaliation for the first anniversary of the demolition of Babri Masjid. A total of 17 individuals were arrested in this case. Hameeduddin was apprehended on January 10, 2010, Irfan Ahmed post-2010, and Tunda was arrested on January 10, 2014, near the Nepal border.