1998 serial blasts coimbatore

Tamil Nadu govt releases 3 terrorists involved in 1998 Coimbatore blast case, video of convicts thanking DMK govt goes viral

According to CNN-News18 journalist Rahul Shivshankar, the government had freed mastermind SA Basha and two others despite the Supreme Court dubbing their crimes as 'atrocious' and denying them bail.

Coimbatore blast was a terror attack intended to destroy a large area including temple, failed because Jamesha Mubin learnt bomb-making from Internet

Coimbatore blast: Jamesha Mubin planned to destroy an area of 100 metres radius including Sangameswara temple

Coimbatore blast: Mohammed Thalka, one of 5 arrested is the nephew of Al-Ummah’s chief, the mastermind of 1998 serial blasts in the city

Basha was then sentenced to life imprisonment under Section 120-B (conspiracy) of the IPC read with additional IPC offences, including murder. Now his nephew identified as Mohammad Thalka has been…