MUMBAI: Alleged to be one of the main conspirators in the 1993 Bombay blasts case, 66-year-old Farooq Yasin Mansoor, alias Farooq Takla , was on Saturday convicted and sentenced to five years' rigorous imprisonment for travelling to India from Dubai on a forged passport in 2018.
"Evidence on record, ie, oral and documentary evidence, shows that the accused... applied for the passport and renewal of the passport by using the name Mustaq Mohammed Miya, which is not his real name. The passport application and passport contain false particulars, false information, and a forged signature. It shows that the accused, by hiding his real identity and submitting false information, obtained the passport and also got it renewed," additional chief judicial magistrate RD Chavan said.
Mansoor was arrested in this case in 2020. Having already served five years as an undertrial, his sentence in this case will be considered time served, meaning he will not have to serve any further time for this particular charge. However, he will remain in custody due to the ongoing trial in the blasts case. Alleged to be absconding since 1993, Mansoor was arrested after he landed in New Delhi in 2018. A Red Corner notice was also issued by Interpol against him in 1995.
The magistrate noted that Mansoor assumed the identity of Miya, as evidenced by the name mentioned in the passport application and on the passport itself. "The accused affixed his own photograph and signed as... Miya, while knowing fully well that he is not... Miya. Perusal of the passport application and the passport shows that the passports were issued based on this deception," the magistrate said.
The forensic science laboratory report and the oral evidence of a forensic expert confirmed that the handwriting and signatures on the passport and application form match, the magistrate said.
Investigating the 1993 Bombay Blast Case, officer Shivkumar Jayant deposed that the accused was arrested on March 8, 2018, at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi. The arrest followed credible information that the accused was travelling from Dubai to New Delhi under the assumed name of Miya, using a fake passport obtained in 2011 based on a renewed application from a 2001 passport.
Jayant stated that in 2018, the accused wrote letters to the Prime Minister of India identifying himself as Farooq Mansoor. Handwriting analysis confirmed that Mushtaq Miya and Farooq Mansoor are the same person. The original Mushtaq Miya was traced through the Regional Passport Office, Mumbai, which revealed that the accused used his name and background in the passport renewal application. Jayant also confirmed the accused's arrest and personal search at the airport on March 8, 2018.
"Evidence on record, ie, oral and documentary evidence, shows that the accused... applied for the passport and renewal of the passport by using the name Mustaq Mohammed Miya, which is not his real name. The passport application and passport contain false particulars, false information, and a forged signature. It shows that the accused, by hiding his real identity and submitting false information, obtained the passport and also got it renewed," additional chief judicial magistrate RD Chavan said.
Mansoor was arrested in this case in 2020. Having already served five years as an undertrial, his sentence in this case will be considered time served, meaning he will not have to serve any further time for this particular charge. However, he will remain in custody due to the ongoing trial in the blasts case. Alleged to be absconding since 1993, Mansoor was arrested after he landed in New Delhi in 2018. A Red Corner notice was also issued by Interpol against him in 1995.
The magistrate noted that Mansoor assumed the identity of Miya, as evidenced by the name mentioned in the passport application and on the passport itself. "The accused affixed his own photograph and signed as... Miya, while knowing fully well that he is not... Miya. Perusal of the passport application and the passport shows that the passports were issued based on this deception," the magistrate said.
The forensic science laboratory report and the oral evidence of a forensic expert confirmed that the handwriting and signatures on the passport and application form match, the magistrate said.
Investigating the 1993 Bombay Blast Case, officer Shivkumar Jayant deposed that the accused was arrested on March 8, 2018, at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi. The arrest followed credible information that the accused was travelling from Dubai to New Delhi under the assumed name of Miya, using a fake passport obtained in 2011 based on a renewed application from a 2001 passport.
Jayant stated that in 2018, the accused wrote letters to the Prime Minister of India identifying himself as Farooq Mansoor. Handwriting analysis confirmed that Mushtaq Miya and Farooq Mansoor are the same person. The original Mushtaq Miya was traced through the Regional Passport Office, Mumbai, which revealed that the accused used his name and background in the passport renewal application. Jayant also confirmed the accused's arrest and personal search at the airport on March 8, 2018.
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