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One of those acquitted on Thursday, Abdul Aziz Abdul Kader, being frisked by policemen. In a setback to the prosecution, the TADA court acquitted five accused in the 1993 serial bomb blasts case who were charged with heading for arms training to Pakistan via Dubai, saying the evidence against them was 8220;weak8221; and fell short of conviction.

Mansoor Qureshi, Shaikh Kasam Babulal, Sultan-e-Rome Ali Gul, Abdul Aziz Kader and Mohammed Iqbal Ibrahim were acquitted. However, the court convicted Sarfaraz Phanse, an aide of Tiger Memon, for assisting in terrorist acts by facilitating the landing of arms and explosives in Raigad district which were used in the blasts.