Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) leader Vanni Arasu, who is a close confidante of the party’s head and MP Thol. Thirumavalavan, met SA Basha, the Al Ummah terrorist convicted for the 1999 Coimbatore Bomb Blast. The VCK leader met the terror convict at his residence in Coimbatore, a video of which has been circulated in social media.
கோவை சிறையிலிருந்து பிணையில் விடுதலையாகியுள்ள #பெரியவர்_பாட்ஷா அவர்களை
அவரது கோவை இல்லத்தில் சந்தித்தோம்.
விடுதலை செய்யப்படும் வரை பரோல் வழங்க வேண்டும் எனும் கோரிக்கையை முன்வைத்தார்.
தமிழ்நாடு அரசு உடனடியாக
ஆயுள் சிறைவாசிகள் விடுதலையில்
ஆளுனரை எதிர்பாராமல் துணிந்து முடிவெடுக்க… pic.twitter.com/ZOQrV1RWmX— வன்னி அரசு (@VanniKural) November 17, 2023
In October 2023, the Madras High Court has granted three months of interim bail to S A Basha, the founder of Al-Umma, a banned terrorist organisation, and a life convict in the 1998 Coimbatore serial blasts case. The decision was made in response to a petition filed on behalf of Basha by his daughter, citing his age of 85 years and deteriorating health. This came, weeks after the Supreme Court denied bail to the life convicts in the same case.
Prior to this, Jawahirullah, an MLA who heads another Muslim fundamentalist party Manithaneya Makkal Katchi (MMK) visited SA Basha. MMK was recently in news for slandering Bharat Mata and Hindu Gods Ram, Lakshman and Sita by obscenely caricaturing them.
அல் உம்மா இயக்கத் தலைவன் கோவை குண்டுவெடிப்பு முக்கிய குற்றவாளி பாட்ஷாவை சந்தித்த ஜவஹருல்லா எம்எல்ஏ கோவையில் இன்று pic.twitter.com/aRQkIgPoI5
— லோட்டஸ் மணிகண்டன் கோயம்புத்தூர் (@LV8U24P8fWXkf62) November 14, 2023
The Coimbatore serial bomb blasts of 1998 (DMK was in power in then) were a grievous incident in which 58 people were killed and over 200 individuals sustained serious injuries. This devastating series of 12 bomb attacks unfolded across 11 different locations within a 12-kilometer radius. Many of the survivors continue to grapple with the long-lasting effects of the shrapnel and other injuries caused by the devastating explosions.
The chief orchestrator behind these tragic events was identified as S. A. Basha, the founder of Al Ummah, an Islamic fundamentalist group. Investigations revealed that these bombings were part of a larger conspiracy with the sinister aim of targeting L.K. Advani, the leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party, during his election meeting scheduled for 4 p.m. on that ill-fated day. Fortunately, Advani’s flight was delayed, and he narrowly escaped the horrors of that day.
It is noteworthy to mention that one of the suspects, Mohammed Dhalka, who was detained in connection to the 2022 Coimbatore car blast terror incident is the nephew of SA Basha. Nawab Khan, Basha’s brother, was also sentenced to one-life term and 27 years of rigorous imprisonment in the 1998 bomb blast case.
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