Claim
In 1993 the ISI orchestrated serial bomb blasts in India in which 257 people were killed and more than 700 injured.
“1993 में आईएसआई ने कुछ ऐसा किया जिसके कारण भारत में सिलसिलेवार बम धमाके हुए और 257 लोग मारे गए और 700 से अधिक लोग घायल हुए।”▶ Watch source segment
Rationale
The 12 March 1993 Bombay serial blasts killed 257 people and injured more than 700 (official injury figures range from 713 to about 1,400), matching the anchor's numbers. Indian investigations, the TADA court, and the Supreme Court of India (2013) found the conspiracy was executed by Dawood Ibrahim's D-Company with conspirators trained and supported in Pakistan by the ISI. Attributing orchestration to the ISI is slightly stronger than the judicial finding of ISI training/support behind D-Company's execution, but the claim's casualty figures and the established ISI role make it substantially accurate.
Evidence
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_Bombay_bombings Documents the 12 March 1993 Bombay serial blasts killing 257 people and injuring over 700 (commonly cited as 713, with some tallies up to 1,400), coordinated by Dawood Ibrahim's D-Company with the money trail and training traced to Pakistan's ISI. ✓ reachable · archived
- https://old.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/india/database/mumbai_blasts_judgement.htm TADA court judgment record showing conspirators were sent via Dubai to Pakistan for arms training as part of the blasts conspiracy. ✓ reachable · archived
- https://www.thequint.com/explainers/1993-bomb-mumbai-blasts-abu-salem-tada-dawood-pakistan-isi-yakub-memon Explainer on the 2013 Supreme Court verdict, which criticized the ISI for training and supporting the conspirators in the 1993 blasts. ✓ reachable · archived