New Delhi: Customs officers who helped Tiger Memon and his associates get arms and explosives into Shekkadi paid their price on Tuesday.
The Special TADA Court on Tuesday handed out sentences to the officers accused of helping terrorists in the 1993 Mumbai blasts.
R K Singh, then Additional Commissioner of Customs, Alibaug who fixed the landing site has been given nine years in prison and a fine of Rs 3 lakh.
Handing down the punishment, Special Judge Pramod Kode quoted the saying in Marathi that "fence ate into the crop", which implies that protector became the predator.
Singh, along with his superior Somnath Thapa and three others, had facilitated the landing of weapons and explosives.
Singh had met prime conspirator Mohammad Dossa, who arranged landing of the arms and explosives at hotel Persian Durbar in Panvel. In this meeting, landing plans were discussed and the bribe amount for allowing the landing was negotiated.
S S Talavadekar, then Superintendent of Customs, Preventive Wing, has been sentenced to eight years imprisonment and a fine of Rs 2 Lakh.
M S Syed, then Superintendent of Customs in Alibaug, had taken a bribe of Rs 3 lakh to turn a blind eye. He has been sentenced to rigorous imprisonment of seven years and fine of Rs 1 lakh.
Jaywant Gurav, former Inspector of Customs used his personal vehicle to carry the explosives into Mumbai. He has been awarded a sentence of eight years and a fine of Rs 1 lakh.
Apart from these the court also sentenced Zameer Sayed Ismail Kadri for life and a fine of Rs 1,25,000.
(With agency inputs)
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