... A cumulative reading of the affidavits leads to the following: as a result of the demolition of the Babari Masjid and subsequent riots, there was a communal cleavage in Bombay. Muslims were left with a feeling of insecurity, tension and anger ... and they were inclined to blame the State government (then run by the Congress) and the police for their misery, (feeling that the two authorities) had actually acted against their interests by joining hands with the communal elements which took a lead in the riots.

A large number of Muslim youth came to firmly believe in this theory and they were exploited by anti- national elements aided and abetted by the ISI of Pakistan (who) brainwashed them into believing that they should take revenge for the humiliation and misery heaped upon them, says the report. A grand conspiracy was hatched at  the instance of the notorious smuggler Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar operating from Dubai to recruit young Muslims (who were) taken to Pakistan for intensive training in the handling of sophisticated weapons and explosives. Aided and abetted by other criminals ... they smuggled a large consignment of arms and ammunition, landing them on the Raigad (Maharashtra) and Gujarat coasts, further smuggled inwards to different parts of Mumbai and finally used in the March 12 blasts Investigations revealed the wide ramifications of the conspiracy ... The role of one Tiger Memon and his relatives came to particular notice ... (apart from that of 145 other accused and 44 absconders) ... Since the charges against the accused are pending trial before the Designated Court at Bombay, the Commission does not deem it proper to deal with the details of the accusations against the different accused who are standing trial before the Designated Court.

Suffice it to say that all the accused, except two or three, are Muslims and there is no doubt that the major role in the conspiracy, at the Indian end as well as the foreign end, was played by Muslims. One common link between the riots of Dec., 92 - Jan.,1993 and the bomb blasts of March 12, 1993 appears to be that the former appear to have been a causative factor of the latter ...

There is no material placed before the Commission indicating that the riots during Dec., 92 and January 1993 and the serial blasts were part of a common design.                                                                                                                (Source: The Indian Express, 14 August, 1998)