Samjhauta blasts: SC seeks reply on plea for release of jailed Pak survivor

Irfan, who was onboard Lahore-bound Samjhauta Express on February 18, 2007, survived the bomb blasts that had ripped apart two passenger bogeys killing 68 persons and injuring several others, and subsequently landed in a jail where he is languishing since then. 

A bench comprising justices A K Sikri and R K Agrawal issued notices to the Ministries of External Affairs, Home Affairs and the Punjab Government on the plea filed by Delhi resident Ashok Randhawa, who runs ‘South Asian Forum for People Against Terror’.

Randhawa, who has been given the Power of Attorney by Muhammad Zahoor, father of Irfan, to pursue the case in the SC, has sought a direction to the Centre and the state to take “immediate and necessary steps regarding release of Irfan who is confined in Amritsar jail”.