A special TADA court has issued non-bailable arrest warrants against two convicts in connection with the 1993 Mumbai blasts case.
The order was issued against 70-year-old Zaibunissa Kazi and Sharif Parker alias Dada Parker after both failed to surrender within the deadline set by the Supreme Court.
Kazi was sentenced to five years imprisonment by the Supreme Court on March 19, and was granted a month's extension to surrender. The directive came a day after Sanjay Dutt was granted the same extension by the apex court.
In her application, Kazi had requested the TADA court to giver her time till Monday to surrender, citing important medical tests that she had to take. She had recently undergone an operation to remove a malignant kidney tumour.
However, TADA Judge G A Sanap rejected her petition.
According to Kazi's lawyer, Judge Sanap said he was complying with Supreme Court orders and it was not in his hands to provide an extension. He has also ordered a non-bailable warrant against her.
Kazi, along with Dutt, was charged for possessing illegal arms and ammunition under TADA.
While Kazi was convicted under TADA, Dutt was acquitted. He was, however, convicted for illegal possession of arms under the Arms Act.
The TADA court also issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against Sharif Parker alias Dada Parker.
Parkar had played a role in organising the landing of arms and RDX in Raigad district at the instance of Tiger Memon.
The RDX was used in the March 1993 serial blasts. He had also arranged a conspiracy meeting in Raigad. He was sentenced to 14 years imprisonment in this regard, reports the Mumbai Mirror.
He had completed his prison term and was released on May 25, 2007. However, the order was challenged by the Supreme Court, which convicted him to life on March 21 this year. Parker was supposed to surrender on Thursday.
However on Wednesday, Parker suffered a cardiac arrest and was admitted to Prince Ali Khan Hospital. As a result, he was unable to surrender before the TADA court, which ordered a non-bailable warrant against him.
Meanwhile, actor Sanjay Dutt spent another night at Mumbai's Arthur Road Jail and there is no conformation as to when he will finally be shifted to to Pune's Yerawada Jail.
There are unconfirmed reports that Dutt was lodged in Arthur Road's high-security Anda cell not very far from alleged 26/11 handler Abu Jundal.
