2006 Malegaon blasts: 9 accused set to walk free
31 Aug 2013 5:13 AM IST
The NIA on Thursday told a Mumbai court it has found no evidence to link nine Muslims arrested in the 2006 Malegaon blasts case to the terror attack, a move that could see them walk free.
The National Investigation Agency did not object to the discharge applications filed by the arrested accused, saying evidence collected by it were ‘not in consonance’ with those obtained earlier by Maharashtra Anti-terrorism Squad and CBI, which had recommended their prosecution.
‘It is submitted that evidence collected by NIA in further investigation is not in consonance with evidence collected by ATS and CBI. The court may kindly pass appropriate orders in the matter,’ the anti-terror agency told a special NIA court in response to discharge applications filed by the nine accused.
It said no evidence was found in support of the conclusion drawn in final reports filed by ATS and CBI, which had probed the case earlier, and recommended prosecution of the accused arrested in connection with the 8 September 2006 explosions that killed 37 people and wounded 125.
Judge YD Shinde adjourned hearing till next month. The 2006 bombings were part of a series of explosions that had rocked Malegaon, a town in Nashik district of Maharashtra. The blasts had occurred in a Muslim cemetery, adjacent to a mosque, after Friday prayers on Shab-e-Barat.
The Maharashtra ATS, which first probed the case, had arrested Noorul Huda Samsudoha, Shabbir Ahmed Masiullah, Raees Ahmed Rajab Ali Mansuri, Salman Farsi Abdul Latif Aimi, Farogh Iqbal Ahmed Magdumi, Mohammad Ali Alam Sheikh, Asif Khan Bashir Khan alias Junaid, Mohammad Zahid Abdul Majid Ansari and Abrar Ahmed Gulam Ahmed.
The National Investigation Agency did not object to the discharge applications filed by the arrested accused, saying evidence collected by it were ‘not in consonance’ with those obtained earlier by Maharashtra Anti-terrorism Squad and CBI, which had recommended their prosecution.
‘It is submitted that evidence collected by NIA in further investigation is not in consonance with evidence collected by ATS and CBI. The court may kindly pass appropriate orders in the matter,’ the anti-terror agency told a special NIA court in response to discharge applications filed by the nine accused.
It said no evidence was found in support of the conclusion drawn in final reports filed by ATS and CBI, which had probed the case earlier, and recommended prosecution of the accused arrested in connection with the 8 September 2006 explosions that killed 37 people and wounded 125.
Judge YD Shinde adjourned hearing till next month. The 2006 bombings were part of a series of explosions that had rocked Malegaon, a town in Nashik district of Maharashtra. The blasts had occurred in a Muslim cemetery, adjacent to a mosque, after Friday prayers on Shab-e-Barat.
The Maharashtra ATS, which first probed the case, had arrested Noorul Huda Samsudoha, Shabbir Ahmed Masiullah, Raees Ahmed Rajab Ali Mansuri, Salman Farsi Abdul Latif Aimi, Farogh Iqbal Ahmed Magdumi, Mohammad Ali Alam Sheikh, Asif Khan Bashir Khan alias Junaid, Mohammad Zahid Abdul Majid Ansari and Abrar Ahmed Gulam Ahmed.
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