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In 1993, Mohammed Rashid Khan ran gambling establishments in the Bowbazaar area and had a workshop above their office where they made small bombs. They began stockpiling explosives. Preparations were made secretly until, on the night of 16 March, the entire stockpile blew up accidentally. If the
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blast had occurred in the daytime, the death toll would have been much higher.
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on the night of 16 March 1993. In total, it claimed the lives of 45 people.
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Khan and five others were sentenced to life imprisonment in 2001 by the
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was an explosion which occurred in the central business district of
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