| Chennai RSS office bombing | |
|---|---|
 Interactive map of Chennai RSS office bombing | |
| Location | Chennai,Tamil Nadu |
| Date | 8 August 1993 |
| Deaths | 11 |
| Injured | 7 |
| Perpetrators | Islamists |
13°00′25″N0°12′11″E / 13.007°N 0.203°E /13.007; 0.2031993 bombing of RSS office in Chennai refers to the bombing of a head office of theRashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh inChennai inTamil Nadu on 8 August 1993 byIslamistterrorists. The bombings left eleven people dead and seven others injured.
The specialCBI court tried eighteen of the accused under the now-defunctTerrorist 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 has announced a reward of Rs.10 lakh for providing credible information about Mushtaq Ahmed, one of the main accused in the blast.[1] Ahmed was later arrested in January 2018, 24 years after the incident occurred.[2]
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