Antulay's kin involved in Bombay blasts, charges Joshi
Maharashtra Chief
Minister Manohar Joshi on Monday alleged that former chief minister
A R Antulay's relatives had a hand in the serial bomb blasts and
Bombay riots of 1992-93, and demanded a detailed probe into it.
Addressing a press conference at his ancestral home in Nandvi in Raigad,
he said some of Antulay's relatives were still under arrest in
connection with the blasts and the riots.
Joshi said he had gleaned the information in the last few days
from files and from people.
The state government had little scope in probing the case but it
will order an investigation and pass on the information to the
Centre for further action, he said.
Joshi's sensational allegations comes in the wake of many
charges levelled against him during the election campaign by
Antulay.
The chief minister also demanded a clarification from Antulay
regarding "his connections" with those accused in the bomb blast
case.
He said Antulay's relative Sheriff Abdul Gafoor Parkar is
in jail for helping one Dawood Taklaya to go to Dubai to meet Dawood
Ibrahim. Parkar's son Mujib was a telephone operator at Al Saba
Court, Antulay's home on Marine Drive in Bombay, he said.
Parkar alias Dadabhai had also helped the main accused, Tiger
Memon, in landing the explosives at Shekadi in Raigad district, Joshi
said.
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