19 September,2016 07:21 AM IST | | Agencies
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
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.
