Mohammed Surti

Mohammed Surti is a leader of the Indian National Congress from Surat in Gujarat. He was a government minister of Gujarat. He was falsely convicted for his involvement in the 1993 Surat bomb blasts and was imprisoned, and he was proven innocent and acquitted after spending 12 years in prison.^[1]

Mohammed Surti
Member of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly
In office 1980–1985
Preceded by	Vyas Popatlal Mulshankar
Succeeded by	Babubhai Sopariwala
Constituency	Surat West
Personal details
Political party	Indian National Congress

In October 2008, a TADA court in Surat sentenced Mohammad Surti to 20 years in prison. Later on 18 July 2014, The Supreme Court acquitted all the 11 accused convicted for the 1993 Surat bomb blast including Surti.^[2]

See also

• Communalism (South Asia)