Press Trust of India Posted online: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 at 1304 hours IST
Mumbai, November 28: A former customs official was found guilty by the TADA court for facilitating smuggling of arms and explosives in 1993 serial bomb blasts in the city.
Somnath Thapa, former Additional Collector, Customs (Preventive), was found guilty of non-interference in smuggling of arms and explosives under Section 3 (3) of TADA (P) Act and of 120 B of IPC despite knowing designs of prime accused Tiger Memon and other accused.
He was also found guilty of intentionally aiding Dawood Ibrahim aide Tiger Memon.
Despite Thapa not giving a confession, the oral evidence as well as confessions by other accused were accepted as evidence against him.
