Prime convict in 1993 Mumbai blasts dies while on death row
One of the main convicts in the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts, Tahir Merchant, died on Wednesday at a Pune hospital after complaining of chest pain. He was lodged at the Yerwada Central Jail and sentenced to death for his involvement in the blasts last year. The court called him "one of the initiators of the conspiracy" which killed 257 people. 