Bombay serial bomb blasts in 1993. Photo: Special Arrangement
“Properties owned by 1993 Mumbai serial blasts accused Tiger Memon and his family are set to go under the hammer soon. The properties include a flat wherein one of the conspiracy meetings had taken place,” an official has said.
“The Smugglers and Foreign Exchange Manipulators (Forfeiture and Property) Act (SAFEMA) had received details of 17 properties owned by Tiger Memon and his family members from the special TADA court in Mumbai,” he said.
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“Of these, SAFEMA has taken possession of eight properties, among them three flats in the Al Husseini building in Mahim, central Mumbai, where the Memon family, including Tiger Memon, his five brothers, and their mother, once lived,” a senior official told PTI on Thursday (November 6, 2025).
Tiger Memon, absconding since the blasts of March 12, 1993, which killed at least 257 persons at 12 locations in Mumbai, is believed to be in Pakistan. While Yakub Memon, one of his brothers, was hanged in 2015 for his role in the conspiracy, other family members were given different prison sentences by the special Terrorist And Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court.
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“Four other properties of the family are under litigation, while the process of taking possession of five properties was under way,” the official said.
“Central Government authorities are getting the valuation of the eight seized properties done. Legal formalities are expected to be completed soon, and their auction process could start in December or January,” the official said.
As per the Central Bureau of Investigation, one of the conspiracy meetings was conducted at the Memon family’s flat in Al Husseini building. The family owned three flats on the fifth and sixth floors.
The flats, seized by law enforcement agencies 34 years ago after the roles of Tiger Memon and his family members in the blasts came to light, were opened in April.
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The Memons’ other properties include a land parcel measuring 10,000 square metres in Kole Kalyan area in suburban Vakola, valued at around ₹400 crore.
The SAFEMA is yet to get possession of this land, which has been encroached upon and is flanked by two buildings. “The authority was in the process of getting possession of another property in the prime locality of Zaveri Bazar in South Mumbai,” the official said.
“A flat in Bandra and two flats in Kapadia Nagar, Kurla, will also go under the hammer after the SAFEMA gets possession,” he said.
“Besides, there are four shops in Manish Market in South Mumbai, jointly owned by Tiger Memon and Mohammad Dosa,” the official said, adding that an appeal against the TADA court’s order to hand them over to the SAFEMA was pending before a court.
Published – November 07, 2025 11:42 am IST
