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Mohammed Surti is a leader of
Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British E ...
from Surat in
Gujarat Gujarat (, ) is a state along the western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the fifth-largest Indian state by area, covering some ; and the ninth ...
. He was a government minister of Gujarat. He was falsely convicted for his involvement in 1993 Surat bomb blasts and was imprisoned, he was proven innocent and acquitted after spending 12 years in prison. In October 2008, a TADA court in Surat sentenced Mohammad Surti to 20 years in prison. Later on 18 July 2014, The Supreme Court acquitted all the 11 accused convicted for 1993 Surat bomb blast including Surti.


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People from Surat Indian politicians convicted of crimes Living people Gujarat MLAs 1980–1985 Indian prisoners and detainees Crime in Gujarat Indian Muslims Indian National Congress politicians Year of birth missing (living people) Indian National Congress politicians from Gujarat {{Gujarat-INC-politician-stub