A special MCOCA court on Saturday allowed the accused in July 2006 suburban train blasts case to examine Indian Mujhahideen (IM) co-founder Sadiq Israr Sheikh and two others as defence witnesses, ignoring opposition by the Anti-Terrorism Squad. The defence had filed an application in the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crimes Act court seeking to call Sadiq, Arif Badruddin and Ansar Ahmed--all allegedly involved in various blasts across India in 2008--as...
12:30 AM, Mar 31, 2013
New Delhi: Key 26/11 attacks handler Abu Jundal's police custody ends on Monday and the matter is set to come up for hearing at a Mumbai court. The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) was given the custody of Jundal for their investigations into the 2006 arms haul case and the 26/11 attacks. In May 2006, the ATS chased down two vehicles on the Chandwad-Manmad Highway in Aurangabad, one of which was...
08:04 AM, Sep 10, 2012
New Delhi: A Mumbai sessions court will resume its hearing of Sadhvi Pragya Thakur's bail plea on Saturday. Thakur is the prime accused in the 2006 Malegaon bomb blast case. Thakur who has been denied bail thrice claims she's been falsely implicated in the matter. Sadhvi Pragya has sought bail on the grounds that no 'specific role' in the blast has been attributed to her. In her plea, she also...
06:47 AM, Feb 04, 2012
New Delhi: A Special Judge of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court is scheduled to hear Sadhvi Pragya Thakur's bail application on Saturday. Thakur who has been denied bail thrice claims she's been falsely implicated in the matter. She is the main accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast that killed 6 people and injured 100 others. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) will is opposing her petition. ...
07:53 AM, Jan 21, 2012
Mumbai: A special MCOCA court on Tuesday extended judicial custody of journalist Jigna Vora and 12 other accused in the J Dey murder case till January 16. Vora was on November 25 arrested in connection with the murder case of Mid-Day senior journalist Jyotirmoy Dey. Dey was shot dead outside his house at Powai in Mumbai on June 11, 2011. The police had arrested seven persons on June 27: Rohee...
02:56 PM, Jan 03, 2012
Mumbai: Journalist Jigna Vora and ten other accused are likely to be produced in a special MCOCA court as the judicial custody of the accused in the J Dey Murder case ends on Tuesday. Vora was on November 25 arrested in connection with the murder case of Mid-Day senior journalist Jyotirmoy Dey. Dey was shot dead outside his house at Powai in Mumbai on June 11, 2011. The police had...
09:05 AM, Jan 03, 2012
New Delhi: A Special Judge of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court is scheduled to hear Sadhvi Pragya Thakur's bail application on Thursday. She is the main accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast that killed 6 people and injured 100 others. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) will file its response to her bail application on the next date. In October early this year the Supreme Court had...
08:58 AM, Dec 29, 2011
New Delhi: The special MCOCA court is expected to hear Sadhvi Pragya Thakur's bail application on Monday. Sadhvi Pragya Thakur is one of the main accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case. In October, the Supreme OCurt had rejected her bail application. The NIA is likely to reply on the application. ...
08:30 AM, Dec 05, 2011
New Delhi: Mumbai Crime Branch filed chargesheet against 10 of the 11 accused and mentioned underworld don Chhota Rajan and Nayan Singh as absconding accused on Saturday. A supplementary chargesheet will be filed against journalist Jigna Vora in the case later. On Friday, a man had approached MCOCA court to hand over four cell phones and SIM cards allegedly used by Vora. Vora's police custody has been extended to December...
12:19 PM, Dec 03, 2011
New Delhi: The bail hearing of the nine accused in the 2006 serial blasts case in Malegaon will be held in Mumbai on Monday. The bail applications were filed earlier this month in the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court, which is hearing the case. Maharashtra ATS, which initially probed the case had arrested nine persons namely Salman Farsi, Shabir Ahmed, Noorulhuda Doha, Rais Ahmed, Mohammed Ali, Asif...
10:10 AM, Oct 31, 2011
