Six aides of prime conspirator Tiger Memon were on Monday held guilty by a special Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Court for hurling hand grenades at a fishermen's colony in Mumbai, killing three persons and injuring six on March 12, 1993.
Those held guilty were -- Bashir Ahmed Usman Ghani Khairullah, Zakir Hussain Noor Mohammed Shaikh, Abdul Khan, Feroze Amani Malik, Moin Querishi and Salim Rahim Shaikh.
All the six travelled in a car to the locality. While five of them hurled hand grenades at the fishermen's colony in Mahim, Salim was at the wheel.
They were also found guilty under Section 3 (3) of TADA for aiding and abetting a terrorist act, going to Pakistan for arms training and attending conspiracy meeting.
With the conviction of these six accused, the total number of those held guilty so far has risen to 100, including actor Sanjay Dutt.
With this, the first phase of verdict, involving conviction or acquittal of the accused concluded on Monday.
Of the 123 accused, 100 have been found guilty while the rest were acquitted. According to special public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam, this is the first case in the country where 100 accused have been convicted in a single case.
The second phase of verdict which involves arguments by Central Bureau of Investigation and defence lawyers on the quantum of sentence would begin on December 11 and is expected to last a few days.
In the third phase, designated Judge P D Kode would award the quantum of sentence to each of the convicted accused.
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