CID invokes UAPA Act in Burdwan case
9 Oct 2014 5:53 AM IST
‘All the accused and the cases of the Burdwan blast have been lodged under the UAPA act. Apart from the cases lodged under UAPA, the cases which were lodged under IPC intially are also there,’ Banerjee said. Four persons, including two women, have been arrested so far in connection with the 2 October blast at Khagragarh in Burdwan.
UAPA sections 16 (punishment for terrorist act), 18 (punishment for conspiracy), 18A (punishment for organising terrorist training camps), 19 (punishment for harbouring or concealing, or attempting to harbour or conceal any person knowing that such person is a terrorist) and 20 (punishment for being member of terrorist gang or organisation) have been slapped against them. IPC sections 121A (conspiracy to wage war, or attempting to wage war, or abetting waging of war, against the Government of India), 122 (collecting arms etc with intention of waging war against the Government of India) and 123 (concealing with intent to facilitate design to wage war) had been slapped against the four initially.
The CID suspects that the arrested people have links with the terrorist organisations like Al Jihad and Huji. It made the fourth arrest on Monday and is looking for two other suspects. The four includes two women Rajira Bibi alias Rumi, widow of the suspected terrorist Shakil Ahmed, who died in the blast, and Amina Bibi, wife of Sheikh Hakim alias Hasan Saheb from Lalgola in Murshidabad district, who was injured in the blast.
Two more houses used by the Burdwan blast suspects have been found at walking distance from the Khagragarh house where the 2 October explosion took place. The investigators suspect that Kauser, whom the CID is looking for in connection with the Burdwan blast had resided in one of the houses.
UAPA sections 16 (punishment for terrorist act), 18 (punishment for conspiracy), 18A (punishment for organising terrorist training camps), 19 (punishment for harbouring or concealing, or attempting to harbour or conceal any person knowing that such person is a terrorist) and 20 (punishment for being member of terrorist gang or organisation) have been slapped against them. IPC sections 121A (conspiracy to wage war, or attempting to wage war, or abetting waging of war, against the Government of India), 122 (collecting arms etc with intention of waging war against the Government of India) and 123 (concealing with intent to facilitate design to wage war) had been slapped against the four initially.
The CID suspects that the arrested people have links with the terrorist organisations like Al Jihad and Huji. It made the fourth arrest on Monday and is looking for two other suspects. The four includes two women Rajira Bibi alias Rumi, widow of the suspected terrorist Shakil Ahmed, who died in the blast, and Amina Bibi, wife of Sheikh Hakim alias Hasan Saheb from Lalgola in Murshidabad district, who was injured in the blast.
Two more houses used by the Burdwan blast suspects have been found at walking distance from the Khagragarh house where the 2 October explosion took place. The investigators suspect that Kauser, whom the CID is looking for in connection with the Burdwan blast had resided in one of the houses.
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