Malegaon blasts: ATS, CBI to file replies on discharge pleas

October 19, 2013 22:00

The special NIA court here today directed the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad and the CBI to file replies on the discharge pleas of nine Muslims, arrested in the 2006 Malegoan blasts case.

The order came after one of the accused, suspected to have links with Hindu extremists and arrested in this case subsequently by the National Investigation Agency, filed an application saying that the court should summon ATS and CBI officials who had named members of the banned outfit Students Islamic Movemennt of India as accused.

While the ATS and CBI initially blamed Muslim terrorists, the NIA subsequently arrested four persons with Hindu right wing links. Manohar Singh, arrested by NIA, has opposed discharge pleas of nine Muslim accused. NIA has not objected to these discharge pleas.

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