Mustafa Dossa was hospitalized today at JJ Hospital after he complained of chest pain.He is the convict of 1993 serial bomb blasts.
“Dossa was admitted to the jail ward of the hospital at 3 am. He is at Arthur Road jail complained of chest pain and had uncontrolled hypertension, diabetes, and infection.” Hospital dean TP Lahane told PTI.
Yesterday, the CBI had pursued capital punishment for Dossa, opposing that his role in the blasts was “more severe” than that of hanged convict Yakub Memon.
CBI said Dossa was one of the “brains” behind the conspiracy and that his degree of responsibility towards the commission of the crime was the highest.
The court, in the second trial of this blasts case, had on June 16 convicted 5 accused, including Dossa and extradited gangster Abu Salem, under the charges of murder, conspiracy and sections of now repealed TADA, while the sixth accused Riyaz Siddiqui was convicted only under TADA Act.The court had acquitted another accused Abdul Quayyum of all charges.
The trial of the seven accused — Abu Salem, Mustafa Dossa, Karimullah Khan, Firoz Abdul Rashid Khan, Riyaz Siddiqui, Tahir Merchant and Abdul Quayyum – was separated from the main case as they were arrested at the time of conclusion of the main trial.
