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Gujarat ATS arrests 1993 RDX landing accused

Updated on: 19 September,2016 07:21 AM IST  | 
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The Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad has nabbed an accused in the 1993 Gosabara RDX and arms landing case, in which fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim has been named as a key conspirator

Gujarat ATS arrests 1993 RDX landing accused

The Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad has nabbed an accused in the 1993 Gosabara RDX and arms landing case, in which fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim has been named as a key conspirator.


Abdulsattar Batliwala was arrested from Khar. He was a part of the conspiracy whereby Dawood sent a huge cache of RDX and arms, including AK-47 rifles to Gujarat from Karachi via sea route in 1993. The objective was to take revenge for the Babri masjid demolition.


According to the ATS, Batliwala was present at a meeting called by Dawood in Dubai to plan out the landing at Gosabara. Police had recovered five AK-47 rifles, an AK-56 rifle,43 hand grenades and 3,011 cartridges during the probe. Till now, around 40 arrests have been made and while 16 accused are still at large.


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