1993 bombing of RSS office in Chennai explained

Chennai RSS office bombing
Location:	Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Date:	8 August 1993
Fatalities:	11
Injuries:	7
Perpetrators:	Islamists

13.007°N 0.203°W1993 bombing of RSS office in Chennai refers to the bombing of a head office of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh in Chennai in Tamil Nadu on 8 August 1993 by Islamist terrorists. The bombings left eleven people dead and seven others injured.

The special CBI court tried eighteen of the accused under the now-defunct Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act. They had been earlier given life imprisonment by a TADA court in Chennai for their involvement in the blast on 8 August 1993 at the RSS office in Chennai. The CBI has announced a reward of Rs.10 lakh for providing credible information about Mushtaq Ahmed, one of the main accused in the blast.^[1] Ahmed was later arrested in January 2018, 24 years after the incident occurred.^[2]

External links

• http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Jun222007/national200706218732.asp
• https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2017/apr/28/chennai-rss-office-blast-cbi-announces-reward-of-rs-10-lakh-for-information-1598694.html

CBI https://web.archive.org/web/20131222200022/http://cbi.nic.in/ arrested Mustaq Ahmed from the outskirts of Chennai, CBI spokesperson Abhishek Dayal said.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Chennai RSS office blast: CBI announces reward of Rs 10 Lakh for information.
2. Web site: Chennai: CBI arrests Mushtaq Ahmed, 24 years after bomb blast on RSS headquarters . 4 February 2024 . . en-us.