MUMBAI, May 30: A court on Wednesday sentenced to life in jail an 83-year-old man as one of the main conspirators in bombings which killed 257 people in Mumbai in 1993.
Dawood Phanse was one of the main people taken to Dubai to meet the alleged masterminds of the blasts, fugitives Dawood Ibrahim and Tiger Memon, judge P.D. Kode said.
“His age was the only reason why I have not given maximum punishment” of death, he said. Mr Phanse was also fined $4,900.
After a decade of hearings, the court in Mumbai last December found 100 people guilty out of 123 accused. More than 50 people have so far been given jail terms.—AFP
