March 10, 2026 06:17 pm (IST)
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Court discharges LeT bomb expert Tunda
New Delhi, Mar 10(IBNS) A Delhi Court on Tuesday discharged top Lashkar-e-Toiba bomb expert Abdul Karim Tunda, who was charged under the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA).
Additional Sessions Judge Neena Bansal Krishna discharged 73-year-old Tunda of the alleged offences under the provisions of TADA, Explosive Substance Act, the Arms Act and under section 120(B) (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC.
However, Tunda will have to remain behind bars as there are several pending cases against him.
Tunda, arrested by the Special Cell on August 16 2013 from the Indo-Nepal border, is one of the 20 terrorists India had asked Pakistan to hand over after the 26/11 Mumbai attack.
Special Cell of Delhi Police had filed a charge sheet against Tunda in the case in which five accused were arrested on January 17, 1994 and 150 kg explosives and six daggers were allegedly recovered from their possession.
The trial court in its judgement in December 1999 against the five accused-- Abdul Haq, Aftab, Abdul Wahid, Afaq and Afran Ahmad-- had convicted them under the provisions of Explosive Substance Act read with section 120(B) of the IPC.
The police, in its supplementary charge sheet against Tunda, had said that he was declared a proclaimed offender by the court earlier and he was involved in 40 bombings in India.
During the arguments on charges, advocate M S Khan, appearing for Tunda, had argued that there was no evidence in the case and confessional statements of the other arrested accused in the case cannot be relied upon against his client.
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