India, Dec. 29 -- As a special court constituted under the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) recently recorded further evidence against accused Farooq Mansuri, also known as Farooq Takla, and Tribhuvan Rampati Singh alias Shrikant Rai Rampati Rai, the proceedings have once again brought into focus the 1992 Sir JJ Hospital shootout, one of the most brazen underworld attacks in the city, in which gangster Shailesh Haldankar and two on-duty police constables were shot dead.

The shootout occurred in the early hours of September 12, 1992, at the state-run facility where Haldankar, an alleged sharpshooter of the Arun Gawli gang, had been admitted for treatment. According to the prosecution's case, fugitive gangster Da...