Abdul Karim Tunda is said to be a close aide of Dawood Ibrahim. He earned his moniker after his left hand got severed in an accident while he was preparing a bomb. He was in India s most wanted list and is accused in several bomb blast cases. Tunda was arrested in 2013 near the Nepal border.
Of the total 78 accused who were tried for the serial bomb blast case, a designated trial court in Ahmedabad in February 2022 gave death penalty to 38, and 11 others were given life term. Mohammad Ali Ansari was one of the 11 convicts sentenced to life.
On July 17, the Supreme Court of India granted relaxation of bail to Kerala People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chairman Abdul Nazir Maudany, prime accused in