It is speculated that the cause of Turk's sudden death may be cardiac arrest but such reports are yet to be confirmed.After being convicted by a special court in the bomb blasts case, he was lodged at the Nagpur Central Jail.He confessed parking the RDX-laden vehicle at the Century Bazaar in Prabhadevi,a neighbourhood in southern Mumbai.
Later,he retracted from his confession but the Judge P D Kode accepted the confession as voluntary and consistent with other pieces of evidence.On March 12 of 1993,a total of 113 people were killed when the RDX-laden vehicle parked at the Century Bazaar went off.(UNI)