New Delhi: Four people have been named in the 2008 Malegaon blast chargesheet filed in a special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Mumbai on Wednesday. The four accused named in the chargesheet are Rajender Chaudhary, Dhan Singh, Manohar Narwaria and Ramji Kalsangra, who is still absconding.
But the chargesheet does not name Swami Aseemanand, Lieutenant Colonel Shrikant Prasad Purohit or any other Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh functionary.
While the investigators say that the four accused had linked with the RSS, the saffron organisation has not been named in the blast case even though sources did not rule out filing a supplementary chargesheet.
The chargesheet is a major embarassment for the Maharashtra anti-terror squad as its investigation into the 2008 Malegaon blasts had implicated eight Muslims, which has now been set aside by the NIA. The fresh chargesheet holds former RSS members responsible for the blasts....
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03:15 PM, May 22, 2013
Panchkula: Kamal Chauhan, a disgruntled RSS worker arrested by the NIA, in connection with the Samjhauta Express blast, on Friday claimed that he does not know another accused Aseemanand facing trial in the same case. Chauhan, who was remanded to NIA custody after being produced in the court here, told reporters outside the court premises that "he knows nothing about Aseemanand." "I don't know Aseemanand," he told reporters while being...
07:29 PM, Feb 24, 2012
Chandigarh: Samjhauta train bombing case accused Aseemanand on Wednesday denied knowing Kamal Chauhan, a disgruntled RSS worker arrested by the NIA recently in connection with the case. "I don't know Kamal Chauhan," Assemanand told reporters outside the special NIA Court. Assemanand, who had earlier pleaded that he was not involved in the bombings, when asked if he knew Chauhan, claimed that he does not know who he is. "It's a...
01:51 PM, Feb 22, 2012
After Swami Aseemanand's confession, 7 of the Malegaon blast accused walked out of jail after bail on Wednesday. ...
10:00 PM, Nov 16, 2011
Mumbai: The nine people, who were accused in the 2006 Malegaon blasts case, got bail on Saturday and will finally be walking free after spending five years in prison. Their families, although relieved, want the state to compensate them for the trauma, the stigma of terror and their loss. Father and brother of Noorulhuda, one of the accused in the 2006 Malegaon blasts case say they have suffered as much...
07:33 AM, Nov 07, 2011
Mumbai: Hours after the National Investigation Agency (NIA) told a special court in Mumbai that it won't oppose the bail plea of the nine accused in the 2006 Malegaon blasts case, the court granted them bail. After the Maharashtra ATS made the nine arrests and filed a chargesheet in 2006, the probe was handed over to the CBI. The NIA took charge of the investigation after the Swami Aseemanand's confession...
09:12 PM, Nov 05, 2011
Mumbai: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday informed a court hearing the 2006 Malegaon bomb blast case that it would file additional charge sheet against the nine accused on November 4. NIA also told the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court that it would file its say on the bail petition of the nine accused on the same day. All the accused were on Sunday produced before...
02:50 PM, Oct 31, 2011
New Delhi: Four months after the National Investigation Agency (NIA) took over all terror cases relating to Hindu extremism, the agency on Monday filed the chargesheet in the 2007 Samjhauta blast. The Samjhauta Express was bombed killing 68 people, several of them Pakistani nationals. Swami Aseemanand, who first allegedly confessed to his role and later withdrew his confession - has been named a key conspirator. In an embarrassment to the...
08:08 PM, Jun 20, 2011
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) filed a chargesheet on Monday before the special court at Panchkula, Haryana against Swami Aseemanand, Sunil Joshi (now dead), Lokesh Sharma, Sandeep Dange and Ramchandra Kalasangra in the Samjhauta blast case. Assemanand's judicial custody ended on Monday. Aseemanand had told the Panchkula court in May 2011 that he had no role in the 2007 Samjhauta Express train bombing that killed 68 people, mainly...
02:03 PM, Jun 20, 2011
Jaipur: A local court has extended the judicial custody of Swami Aseemanand, an accused in the Ajmer Dargah bomb blast case, till June 24. Aseemanand and Lokesh, Mukesh, Bharat, Devendra and Harshad -- the other accused in the case -- were produced before the court yesterday which extended their judicial custody till June 24. Apart from 2007 Ajmer Dargah blast, which claimed three lives and left 15 others injured, Aseemanand...
01:32 PM, Jun 11, 2011
Hyderabad: A chargesheet was on Monday filed against right-wing activist Swami Aseemanand by the NIA for his alleged role in the conspiracy behind the 2007 Mecca Masjid blasts that left nine people dead. 59-year-old Nabakumar Sarkar aka Swami Aseemanand, who is also an accused in the Samhjauta Express bomb blast case, was arrested from Haridwar on November 19, 2010 where he was found hiding with fictitious name Swami Omkaranand. The...
06:45 PM, May 16, 2011
Jaipur: A CBI court on Saturday extended the judicial remand of Swami Aseemanand and three other accused in the 2007 Ajmer Dargah blast case till May 27. Besides right-wing activist Aseemanand, who is also allegedly involved in several terror cases, the other three accused in the Ajmer blast are Bharati Bhai, Harshad Solanki and Mukesh Vasaani. The CBI court extended the judicial remand of all the four accused to May...
07:43 PM, May 14, 2011
Panchkula: Swami Aseemanand, an accused in the Samjhauta Blast case, on Thursday denied any role in the incident before a sessions court which rejected his bail plea and extended his custody till May 26. Assemanand's bail plea, filed on the ground that the NIA failed to file a charge sheet within 90 days, was rejected by the Court of District and Sessions Judge Subhash Gehla. Aseemanand denied having made any...
06:49 PM, May 12, 2011
Panchkula: Hindu activist Swami Aseemanand on Thursday told a court in Panchkula that he had no role in the 2007 Samjhauta Express train bombing that killed 68 people, mainly Pakistanis. Aseemanand told the Panchkula district and sessions judge that he had not made any statement to the National Investigating Agency (NIA) about his supposed involvement in the bomb attack. Speaking through his counsel, he accused the NIA of torturing and...
03:32 PM, May 12, 2011
Jaipur: A CBI court on Saturday rejected the bail application of Swami Aseemanand in the 2007 Ajmer Dargah blast case. The court also extended his custody till the next date of hearing which has been fixed for May 14. Aseemanand had moved the bail application on the grounds that he had been kept in custody for more then 90 days and that probe agencies had failed to file a charge...
12:36 PM, May 07, 2011
Jaipur: A local court on Saturday extended the judicial custody of Swami Aseemanand, an accused in several terror cases, including Ajmer Dargah blast, and Bharat Bhai till May 14 on an appeal by the National Investigation Agency. The accused were on Saturday produced before the court of Magistrate C N Mathur, who extended their judicial custody on a plea by the NIA. The NIA has sought time to submit a...
12:31 PM, Apr 30, 2011
New Delhi: The Centre on Wednesday said the probe into the Samjhauta Express train bomb blasts, in which 43 Pakistani nationals were killed, was still on to find out the identities of all perpetrators of the crime. A day after the Indo-Pak Home Secretary level talks, where Islamabad wanted to know the progress of the case, the Home Ministry said the National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted painstaking investigation in the...
02:44 PM, Mar 30, 2011
Ajmer: A local court here remanded the Ajmer dargah bomb blast accused Aseemanand in judicial custody till February 15 following which he was sent to Ajmer central jail. The state ATS produced Aseemanand (59), a right-wing Hindu group Abhinav Bharat member, and another accused Bharat Bhai to the court of Ajmer Judicial Magistrate which sent Aseemand to jail and extended Bharat's judicial custody till February 18. The ATS said that...
01:49 PM, Feb 12, 2011
Ajmer: Rajasthan Anti Terrorist Squared (ATS) has arrested one more person from Gujarat in connection with the 2007 Ajmer dargah blast case following interrogation of Swami Aseemanand whose custody was on Saturday extended till February 11. In a related development, the CBI on Saturday sought custody of Lokesh Sharma and Devendra Gupta, both accused in the dargah blast case, to quiz them in connection with the Samjhauta Express blast. The...
08:27 PM, Feb 05, 2011
Davos: Home Minister P Chidambaram has said 'some evidence' has emerged in the 2007 Samjhauta blast case and India will share information with Pakistan once the probe is over. "We have not said that we will not provide evidence. These are early phases of investigation, once the investigation is complete we will share the evidence with Pakistani authorities," he said. Chidambaram said that he had conveyed India's position to his...
12:59 PM, Jan 30, 2011
