Mumbai: Triad Acquitted in 2010 Arms Situation After 16 -Year Trial
A Mumbai magistrate’s court acquitted three individuals on March 10 th, sixteen years after their arrest under the Arms Act. The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) apprehended the triad in 2010 for purportedly having unlawful tools.
- Accused: Nasir Shaikh Ahmad Shaikh, Jubeda Abdul Mansuri, and Ali Hasan Abdullah Qureshi (deceased).
- Seizure: ATS declared to have actually taken a carbine, guns, and 70 online cartridges.
- Pardon Rationale: The court cited an absence of independent witnesses and an invalid prosecution assent.
- ATS Insurance claim: Originally alleged links to gangster Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar, yet this was absent in court.