India, Jan. 7 -- Gangster Abu Salem Abdul Qayyum Ansari, one of the convicts in the March 1993 Bombay serial blasts case, has moved the Bombay High Court, seeking 14 days of emergency parole to attend the final rites of his brother, who died on November 14, 2025.

The 1993 Bombay bombings was a series of 12 terrorist bombings in Bombay (now Mumbai) on March 12, 1993. The single-day attacks resulted in 257 fatalities and 1,400 injuries.

Salem, 64, currently lodged at Nashik Central Prison, stated in his petition that he had earlier applied for regular parole when his brother, Abu Hakim Ansari, was unwell for nearly three months. However, the application allegedly remained pending, and his brother passed away before any decision was taken....