Samjhauta blast: All 4 accused acquitted

March 20, 2019 17:55

Samjhauta Blast Case: All four accused -- Aseemanand, Lokesh Sharma, Kamal Chauhan and Rajinder Chaudhary -- have been acquitted by the Special NIA Court in Panchkula.

A special NIA court on Wednesday acquitted all four accused in the Samjhauta Blast case. The court in Panchkula also dismissed the application seeking permission for deposition of Pakistani witnesses in the case.

The application was filed by a Pakistan resident Rahila Wakil on March 11 through advocate Momin Malik.

At least 68 people were killed in the 2007 Samjhauta Express IED blasts. A total of 43 Pakistan citizens were killed in the terrorist attack. The trial has been going on since 2010 at the Panchkula NIA court and around 224 witnesses out of the total 299 have deposed before the court.

Swami Aseemanand alias Naba Kumar Sarkar, who was the prime accused in the case and three other accused -- Kamal Chauhan, Rajinder Chaudhary and Lokesh Sharma, are currently in Central Jail Ambala.

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