Claim
After Shah's peace delegations to Pakistan in 1991-92, terrorists massacred 257 innocent people in Mumbai in 1993.
“आपने 1992 में पाकिस्तान का दौरा किया, जिसके बाद 1993 में मुंबई में आतंकवादियों ने 257 निर्दोष लोगों का नरसंहार किया।”▶ Watch source segment
Rationale
The verifiable core of the claim is accurate: the 12 March 1993 Mumbai serial blasts killed 257 people. However, the claim's framing is misleading. No record could be found of 'Shah' leading peace delegations to Pakistan in 1991-92, and no Indian fact-checker has documented such visits. More importantly, the 'जिसके बाद' (after which) construction insinuates a causal link between an alleged goodwill visit and the massacre, whereas the CBI charges and court judgments (upheld by the Supreme Court in 2013) establish the blasts were orchestrated by Dawood Ibrahim and Tiger Memon with ISI support as revenge for the December 1992 Babri Masjid demolition and ensuing riots. Correct casualty figure, unverified premise, and a baseless causal insinuation together make the claim misleading.
Evidence
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_Bombay_bombings Confirms the 12 March 1993 Bombay serial blasts killed 257 people and injured about 1,400 — the death toll cited in the claim is accurate. ✓ reachable · archived
- https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-mumbai-blasts-were-carried-to-avenge-babri-demolition-cbi-2474666 CBI's position in court: the blasts were carried out by Tiger Memon, Dawood Ibrahim and associates to avenge the December 1992 Babri Masjid demolition and subsequent riots — not in response to any peace delegation. ✗ unreachable · HTTP 403
- https://old.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/india/database/mumbai_blasts_judgement.htm Court record of the TADA trial establishing the conspiracy was hatched by D-Company with ISI-backed training in Pakistan, with Babri demolition revenge as the motive. ✓ reachable · archived
- https://www.thequint.com/explainers/1993-bomb-mumbai-blasts-abu-salem-tada-dawood-pakistan-isi-yakub-memon Explainer on the blasts' investigation and Supreme Court verdict; makes no mention of any 1991-92 'peace delegation' by a person named Shah as a factor. ✓ reachable · archived