Mumbai Blast 1993 convict Mustafa Dossa dies of cardiac arrest hours after being admitted to JJ Hospital

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Mustafa Dossa, convict of the Mumbai blast in 1993, dies hours after admitted to JJ Hospital in Mumbai after complaining of chest pain.

Early in this morning, Dossa was admitted to JJ Hospital after he complained of chest pan and hypertension.

JJ Hospital Dean Dr TP Lahane confirmed the news that " Dossa died of a cardiac arrest. The post-mortem is at underway under the supervision of a three-doctor panel. It is being conducted as per the jail manual. Further details will only emerge after the post-mortem is complete."

"Dossa was admitted to the jail ward of the hospital at 3 am," Lahane told. Dossa( lodged in Arthur Road Jail) complained of chest pain and had hypertension, diabetes and infection, Lahane added.

Dossa also informed the special Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court about his heart condition and said he wanted a bypass surgery. On Tuesday, the CBI sought capital punishment for Dossa, arguing that his role in the blasts was "more severe" than that of hanged convict Yakub Memon.

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