25 August 2003 Mumbai bombings

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Mumbai Twin Car Bombings
Location	Mumbai, India
Date	August 25, 2003
Attack type	Car Bombing
Death(s)	52

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The 25 August 2003 Mumbai bombings were twin car bombings in the Indian city of Mumbai that killed 54, and injured 244 people.^[1] One of the bomb explosions took place at the Gateway of India, which is a major tourist attraction. The other bomb went off in a jewellery market near the Mumba Devi temple in central Mumbai. Both the bombs were planted in parked taxis and exploded during the lunch hour. No group initially claimed responsibility for the attack, but Kashmir rebel group and Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba was blamed for it.^[2] On 31 August 2003, three suspects—Ashrat Ansari, Haneef Sayyed and his wife Fahmeeda were arrested. All three were convicted and sentenced to death in 2009 by a special POTA court in Mumbai.^[1][3]

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As per rediff.com^[4]

• August 25, 2003: Twin blasts occur at Zaveri Bazaar and Gateway of India in south Mumbai. Around 52 people are killed and over 100 injured.
• August 31, 2003: Mumbai Police arrests three accused Ashrat Ansari (age 32), Hanif Sayed (age 46) and his wife Fehmida Sayed (age 43).
• October 1, 2003: Two more accused, Mohammed Ansari Ladoowala and Mohammed Hasan Batterywala are held.
• February 5, 2004: Police files chargesheet against six accused in the case as per Prevention of Terrorism Act in court. Accused also alleged to have been involved in placing an unexploded bomb in a bus at SEEPZ in suburban Andheri in December 2, 2002 and placing bomb in bus at Ghatkopar in July 8, 2003 in which two persons were killed.
• June 20, 2004: Charges are framed against five accused. One is left off.
• September 2, 2004: Trial begins officially in court.
• December 2008—Ladoowala and Batterywala are discharged from the case by POTA court. Later Supreme Court of India also upholds POTA review committee report stating no charges hold ground against them.
• July 27, 2009: Three accused Ashrat Ansari, Hanif Sayed and his wife Fehmida Sayed are convicted by special POTA court under sections of IPC, POTA, Explosives Act, Explosive Substances Act.
• August 6, 2009: Three convicts are sentenced to death sentence.

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