Chennai RSS office bombing
 The eleven victims of the bombings. | |
|---|---|
| Location | Chennai, Tamil Nadu |
| Date | 8 August 1993 |
| Deaths | 11 |
| Injured | 7 |
| Perpetrators | Islamists |
13°00′25″N 0°12′11″E / 13.007°N 0.203°E 1993 bombing of RSS office in Chennai refers to the bombing of a head office of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh in Chennai in Tamil Nadu on 8 August 1993 by Islamist terrorists. The bombings left eleven people dead and seven others injured.
The special CBI court tried eighteen of the accused under the now-defunct Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act. They had been earlier given life imprisonment by a TADA court in Chennai for their involvement in the blast on 8 August 1993 at the RSS office in Chennai. The CBI[1] has announced a reward of Rs.10 lakh for providing credible information about Mushtaq Ahmed, one of the main accused in the blast.[2]
References
- ↑ "Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)". cbi.nic.in. Archived from the original on 22 December 2013. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
- ↑ "Chennai RSS office blast: CBI announces reward of Rs 10 Lakh for information".
External links
CBI arrested Mustaq Ahmed from the outskirts of Chennai, CBI spokesperson Abhishek Dayal said.
