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Mumbai Riots & 1993 Blasts: Timeline of Events and Justice

The Mumbai riots of December 1992 and January 1993, after the Babri Masjid demolition, killed about 900 people, and coordinated bombings on 12 March 1993 kille…

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6 DEC 1992

Babri Masjid Demolished

Violence reaches Bombay that night.

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DECEMBER 1992

The First Riots

Commission: largely spontaneous.

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6-20 JAN 1993

A Deadlier Second Wave

Commission named Shiv Sena leaders.

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9 JAN 1993

Suleman Bakery Firing

Nine Muslim men killed.

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THE TOLL

Two Death Tolls

About 900 in riots, 257 in blasts.

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96 DAYS

Ayodhya to the Blasts

Eight key dates.

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25 JAN 1993

An Inquiry Begins

Causes, blame, police conduct.

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12 MAR 1993

Bombs Across the City

257 killed, about 713 injured.

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12 MARCH

Where the Bombs Hit

Stock Exchange to airport.

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THE PLOT

RDX by Sea

Tiger Memon, Dawood network.

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NOV 1993

CBI Takes Over

A 10,000-page chargesheet.

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1996

Shut Down, Revived

Disbanded Jan, back in May.

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16 FEB 1998

The Srikrishna Report

No common design with blasts.

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THE FINDINGS

What It Found

An inquiry, not a trial.

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AUG 1998

Report Rejected

Most findings not acted on.

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2006-07

100 Convicted

12 sentenced to death.

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21 MAR 2013

Supreme Court Rules

Sanjay Dutt gets five years.

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30 JUL 2015

Yakub Memon Hanged

The only execution.

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THE TRIALS

TADA to the Gallows

Verdicts, appeal, phase two.

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16 JUN 2017

Abu Salem Convicted

Life term, spared death.

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RIOT CASES

253 Cases, 6 Convictions

97 dormant in 2022.

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4 NOV 2022

The State Failed

Compensation, police reform.

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NOT ONE CASE

Riots vs Blasts

Separate in law.

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10 SEP 2026

Salem Stays in Jail

Release not before 2030.

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STILL OPEN

Justice Unfinished

Families still being traced.

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