The court acquitted Tunda on the grounds of lack of evidence against him.
The Terrorist & Anti-disruptive Activities Act (TADA) court in Ajmer on Thursday acquitted Abdul Karim Tunda in the 1993 serial bomb blasts case.
The CBI had accused Tunda of being the mastermind behind the serial blasts in four trains on the first anniversary of the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition.
However, the agency could not prove Tunda’s involvement in the crime and the court acquitted him over lack of evidence.
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Two other accused – Aminuddin and Irfan – have been convicted and awarded life imprisonment by the TADA court.
“Abdul Karim Tunda is innocent, today the Court gave this judgement. Abdul Karim Tunda has been acquitted in all Sections and all Acts. CBI prosecution could not produce any concrete piece of evidence before the court in TADA, IPC, Railway Acts, Arms Act, or Explosive Substances Act. We had been saying that from the beginning that Abdul Karim Tunda is innocent…Irfan and Hamiduddin have been convicted & quantum of the sentence will be pronounced shortly…,” Advocate Shafqat Sultani, who represented Tunda said after the court’s judgment.
Earlier today, the advocate told media that the CBI could not present a chargesheet against Tunda and that there was no direct evidence against him.
Last year, a sessions court in Haryana has acquitted Abdul Karim Tunda in the Rohtak 1997 twin bomb blast case over lack of evidence.
Tunda is accused in several other bombings. The 84-year-old is currently serving life sentence in a 1996 bomb blast case.
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