1993 Bombay bombings

The 1993 Bombay bombings were a series of 13 bomb explosions that took place in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on Friday, 12 March 1993. The coordinated attacks were the most destructive bomb explosions in Indian history. This was first of its kind serial-bomb-blasts across world. The single-day attacks resulted in over 350 fatalities and 1200 injuries.

The attacks were coordinated by Dawood Ibrahim, don of the Mumbai-based international organised crime syndicate named D-Company. It is widely believed that D-Company executed it on behest of ISI. Ibrahim is believed to have ordered and helped organise the bombings in Mumbai, through one of his subordinates, Tiger Memon. The bombings are also believed to have been financially assisted by the expatriate Indian smugglers, Hajji Ahmed, Hajji Umar and Taufiq Jaliawala, as well as the Pakistani smugglers, Dawood Jatt.

Supreme Court of India gave its judgement on 21 March 2013 after over 20 years of judicial proceedings sentencing the accused. However, the two main suspects in the case, Dawood Ibrahim and Tiger Memon, have not yet been arrested or tried. Maharashtra Government had decided to hang Yakub Memon, the brother of one of the prime suspects of the bombings, on his 53rd birthday. In a last ditch effort to save himself from execution, Yakub Memon has submitted a mercy petition, which was rejected. In the early morning of July 30, 2015, Yakub Memon, the man convicted of financing the deadly bombings, was executed.