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Supreme Court stays Delhi HC order directing release of 1993 Bowbazar blast ‘mastermind’ Rashid Khan who ‘intended to kill Hindus in Kolkata’: Read what happened and how Mamata Banerjee govt pushed for premature release

Wednesday, June 24, 2026AnuragView original
Supreme Court stays release of Bowbazar blast convict Rashid Khan after BJP-led West Bengal govt challenged Delhi HC judgmentThe 1993 Calcutta explosion killed 69 people after stockpiled explosives detonated inside a clandestine workshop. First CPM govt in 2007 and then TMC govt in 2015 tried to prematurely release mastermid behind the explosion, Rashid Khan.