1993 RSS Chennai office bombing: 24 years later, elusive suspect arrested

NEW DELHI: A prime suspect in the 1993 bombing of an RSS office in Chennai has been arrested after 24 years of evading capture Central Bureau of Investigation said on Friday

Updated At : 11:38 PM Jan 05, 2018 IST

For representation only. Eleven people were killed in an explosion triggered by RDX in Chennai on August 8, 1993. File photo

New Delhi, January 5

A prime suspect in the 1993 bombing of Rashtiya Swayamsevak Sangh’s office in Chennai has been arrested after 24 years of evading capture, Central Bureau of Investigation said on Friday.

Mushtaq Ahmed, 56, was arrested from the outskirts of Chennai on Friday morning, a CBI spokesperson said.

An explosion triggered by RDX on August 8, 1993, killed 11 people and brought down a multi-storeyed RSS office building at Chetput in Chennai.

Eleven people were sentenced in the case—three currently serving life terms—under the now-defunct TADA in 2007.

The agency had announced a reward of Rs 10 lakh for credible information about Ahmed. PTI/Agencies