'Please mention my phone number in your article: +97-144479988.' And if you know of a person who is stuck in a UAE jail, then tell his relatives to call me.' 'I will help them for sure.'
Merchant had arranged the finance for the blasts, and was also linked to conspirators Tiger Memon and Dawood Ibrahim.
Another accused Riyaz Siddiqui was sentenced for 10 years
A chronology of events in the case in which the main trial ended in 2007.
"India is my country and I will stay here and do business to earn a livelihood," Qayyum said.
The detailed role of the six convicts in the case, whose trial was separated from the main one, which concluded in 2007.
He was rushed to Mumbai's JJ Hospital due to chest pain.
One accused was acquitted by the court.
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