The ATS was formed on December 1990 and helped reduce the crime rate in Mumbai by 70 % . However , there were many human rights violations by the squad , from extreme means of torture to public shootings . Following the 1991 Lokhandwala Complex shootout on 16 November 1991 and many more encounters , the organization was terminated in January 1993 . The leader of this program , A.A. Khan , was transferred as the ICP Anti Naxalite division to Nagpur on 29 January 1993 following the termination of the program . One month later on 12 March 1993 the Bombay blasts occurred , and the crime rate has increased since then
Bombay blasts
1993 Bombay bombings
Anti-Terrorism Squad