By IANS
Mumbai : Another bodyguard of Tiger Memon, a prime accused in the 1993 serial bombings here, was Wednesday awarded life sentence on two counts for his role in the horrible terror attack.
Sardar Shahvali Khan was convicted on two counts – criminal conspiracy and aiding and abetting a terror act. A fine of Rs.100,00 was also imposed on him by the anti-terror TADA court here.
Two other people sentenced were an arms supplier and a hawala operator who helped Memon channel illegal funds from abroad for the blasts.
Moolchand Shah, who facilitated Memon to operate a hawala account through which he is said to have transferred Rs.19.7 million, was given five years rigorous imprisonment. He was fined Rs.500,000 – the highest so far for a single count.
Memon, who was closely linked to key conspirator Dawood Ibrahim, fled India with some of his family members just before the blasts.
Baba Musa Chauhan, convicted of supplying an AK-56 rifle to Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt at the behest of Dawood Ibrahim's brother Anees, was sentenced to 10 years rigorous imprisonment on five counts and fined Rs.300,000.
Manoj Gupta, another bodyguard of Memon, was Tuesday sentenced to 14 years' rigorous imprisonment and fined Rs.375,000.
The serial blasts that rocked Mumbai on March 12, 1993 were the worst urban terror attack in the world until then and claimed at least 257 lives and injured hundreds.
The terror attack followed the razing of the Babri mosque in Ayodhya in December 1992 and the communal violence that swept Mumbai the next month.