A special TADA court in Jamnagar has convicted 12 persons in a 1993 arms smuggling case linked to fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim and his associates. The case involved smuggling arms and explosives into India via the sea route to carry out attacks and trigger communal unrest.
The accused, including Dawood, were booked under various sections of the TADA Act, the Indian Penal Code, the Arms Act, and the Explosives Substances Act. The prosecution examined 63 witnesses and relied on seizure material, documents, and testimony to establish the chain of conspiracy and movement of arms.
The court sentenced 10 of the accused to five years' rigorous imprisonment and two to seven years' rigorous imprisonment. The case relates to a conspiracy allegedly hatched by Dawood and his associates to avenge the demolition of the Babri Masjid on December 6, 1992.
Of the 46 accused in the case, 17 were acquitted during the course of proceedings, 11 died during trial, and 15 remain absconding, according to case records.
