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{{Infobox civilian attack<br />
| title = Chennai RSS office bombing<br />
[[File:RSS members.jpg|thumb|The eleven victims of the bombings.]]<br />
| location = [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| date = 8 August 1993<br />
| fatalities = 11<br />
| injuries = 7<br />
| perpetrators = [[Islamists]]<br />
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'''1993 bombing of RSS office in Chennai''' refers to the bombing of a head office of the [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]] in [[Chennai]] in [[Tamil Nadu]] on 8 August 1993 by [[terrorists]]. The bombings left eleven people dead and seven others injured.<br />
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The special [[Central Bureau of Investigation|CBI]] court tried eighteen of the accused under the now-defunct [[Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act]]. They had been earlier given life imprisonment by a TADA court in Chennai for their involvement in the blast on 8 August 1993 at the RSS office in Chennai. The CBI<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20131222200022/http://cbi.nic.in/</ref> has announced a reward of Rs.10 lakh for providing credible information about Mushtaq Ahmed, one of the main accused in the blast.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2017/apr/28/chennai-rss-office-blast-cbi-announces-reward-of-rs-10-lakh-for-information-1598694.html|title=Chennai RSS office blast: CBI announces reward of Rs 10 Lakh for information}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
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* [http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Jun222007/national200706218732.asp]<br />
* [http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2017/apr/28/chennai-rss-office-blast-cbi-announces-reward-of-rs-10-lakh-for-information-1598694.html]<br />
CBI [https://web.archive.org/web/20131222200022/http://cbi.nic.in/] arrested Mustaq Ahmed from the outskirts of Chennai, CBI spokesperson Abhishek Dayal said.<br />
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