Ahmedabad, June 05: An alleged aide of underworld don
Dawood Ibrahim and the key accused in the landing of RDX and
arms in 1993 has been acquitted in an Arms Act case by a court
in Gujarat's Porbandar district.
Chief Judicial Magistrate G H Vaghela yesterday acquitted
Umarmiyan Bukhari alias Mamumiyan, who was accused of giving
two pistols to his relative Khalid Gaffar on March 19, 1994.
These pistols were allegedly part of a huge quantity of
RDX and arms that was landed on the Gosabara coast of
Porbandar in 1993 and used in the serial blasts in Mumbai
later the same year.
"Mamumiyan has been acquitted as there was no strong
evidence against him," claimed his advocate Salim Jhokiya.
"Apart from the confessional statement of Khalid Gaffar
(who claimed to police that Mamumiyan had handed the pistols
to him), no arms were found in Mamumiyan's possession," he
said.
In spite of his acquittal, Mamumiyan will continue to
remain in judicial custody as there are two TADA cases
(including the RDX and arms landing case) and a case of
attempted murder pending against him in Porbandar.
Mamumiyan, believed to be a close aide of Dawood Ibrahim,
was taken into custody by police in Porbandar in January 2005.
He was deported to India from Dubai in December 2004.
Bureau Report
