An accused in the 2008 Malegaon bomb blast on Monday moved a plea before a special court here, seeking action against a former Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad officer for allegedly falsely implicating a co-accused in the nearly 14-year-old case.
The court asked the National Investigation Agency to file its response to the plea.
In his plea moved before special judge AK Lahoti, accused Sameer Kulkarni claimed that the deposition of two witnesses, who have said they spotted the officer at the home of co-accused Sudhakar Chaturvedi on November 3, 2008 -- more than a month after the blast -- shows the former ATS officer misused his official position and committed a serious offence.
The plea seeks legal action as per provisions of law against the officer.
The Maharashtra ATS, which had probed the case initially, alleged the bomb was assembled at Chaturvedi's residence, where it had found traces of RDX.
Later, the National Investigation Agency took over the case and filed a supplementary chargesheet, saying a former ATS officer had planted evidence in the home of an accused.
However, the officer concerned, during his deposition before the court last week, denied allegations that he had planted RDX (explosives) at Chaturvedi's house. -- PTI