Overview
- The special court in Jamnagar, which delivered its verdict Monday, sentenced 10 convicts to five years’ rigorous imprisonment and two to seven years.
- The court acquitted 17 defendants and declared 15 high-profile accused as proclaimed fugitives, including Dawood Ibrahim, Tiger Memon, Anees Ibrahim, and Chhota Shakeel.
- Prosecutors said Pakistan’s Marine Security Agency and military officers helped move the consignment by sea to support the plot.
- Evidence described a launch called Sada Al Bahar loaded near Karachi, mid-sea transfers to other boats, a landing near Gosabara in Gujarat, and trucking of weapons to Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Uttar Pradesh.
- The case began with a July 1993 police report and relied on 63 witnesses and seizures of AK-series rifles, grenades, and RDX, while 11 accused died during proceedings and appeals and extradition efforts now loom.