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November 20, 2006 22:41 IST
Two associates of absconding prime conspirator Tiger Memon, who were found guilty on November 16 for their complicity in the 1993 Mumbai blasts, have urged the special court to award them lesser punishment.
"I am struggling everyday with life and death after my wife and son deserted me when I was diagnosed with AIDS, said Imtiaz Ghawte. Pleading leniency in punishment, Ghawte told designated judge P D Kode that he was trapped into the conspiracy by co-accused soon after he got married in 1992.
Ghawte said he had become a victim of AIDS in 2005 after spending 12 years and nine months in custody.
Another convict Mulchand Shah said he was sick and had already spent three years and nine months in custody. He said he suffered a heart stroke in 2002 and had undergone angioplasty. His wife too was not well and he had to look after his brother, a handicap. Urging for lesser punishment, Shah said he was the eldest in the family and had to look after other members.
On November 16, the court had held Shah guilty of helping prime accused Tiger Memon to operate hawala account in code name 'Hathi,' thereby facilitating the serial blasts in Mumbai on March 12, 1993, that killed 257 people.
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