Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh government has decided to withdraw cases against alleged HuJI worker and 2006 Varanasi blast-accused Shamim Ahmad, a senior official said. "A decision has been taken to withdraw cases against Shamim in the Varanasi blast case. The district magistrate of Varanasi has been asked to approach the local court there in this connection," said a senior home department official.
The absconding Shamim, who was never arrested in the case, is accused of having planted a bomb, which remained unexploded, at Jamuna Fatak in Godaulia area at Dashashwamedh Ghat. The bomb was recovered soon after twin blasts in the Sankatmochan temple and cantonment area of Varanasi on March 7, 2006, which killed 21 persons.
The UP special task force had arrested one Waliullah, the imam of a mosque, for being the alleged mastermind behind the blasts. He is currently lodged in Dasna jail.
In 2008, following the Batla House encounter in New Delhi, one alleged Indian Mujahideen member was arrested who is said to have confessed to being involved in the planting of the unexploded bomb....
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Kanpur: Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi on Monday invited the Election Commission's wrath by not taking up the route it had prescribed to the leader for his road campaign in Kanpur. Kanpur District Magistrate Hari Om said that Rahul stuck to his route, despite having been assigned an alternative route by the EC. "We had allotted a separate route for Rahul's roadshow considering he would have faced traffic," the official...
05:13 PM, Feb 20, 2012
Bhopal: Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh on Sunday said that he never looked to stir up controversies, and the allegation that he spoke out only against Hindu terrorism was wrong. He also asserted that he was still sticking to his view that Batla House encounter in Delhi was fake. Saying that he did not "seek controversies", Singh also said that he was not someone who retracted his statements, and he...
01:03 PM, Feb 19, 2012
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05:39 PM, Feb 13, 2012
Sonebhadra: Accusing Congress of ruining Uttar Pradesh in over 40 years of its rule, BSP chief Mayawati on Saturday said the party should be ashamed of seeking votes in the name of development in the state. She also took potshots on the Congress' stand on Batla House encounter, saying the party was befooling Muslims by raking up the issue at the time of elections. "Had the Congress wanted, it would...
01:48 AM, Feb 12, 2012
Ghaziabad: Irrespective of the fact whether Congress leader Sonia Gandhi has shed tears on the Batla house issue or not, her party will weep after the declarations of UP poll results, BJP on Saturday said. "Digvijay Singh says that Sonia Gandhi did not shed tears on the Batla house issue, while other party members say that she wept over it, but it is sure that the Congress will weep after...
12:18 AM, Feb 12, 2012
Jaunpur/Varanasi: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati today alleged that Congress was enacting a "drama" on the Batla House encounter and said the Muslim community should exercise vigilance against such "designs". "Congress is enacting a drama on the Batla House encounter case... had it been really serious it would have ordered a judicial probe so that the reality could come before people," Mayawati told an election rally. Instead of a probe,...
02:41 AM, Feb 11, 2012
New Delhi: Taking exception to Law Minister Salman Khurshid raking up the Batla House encounter in UP poll campaign, the BJP on Friday asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to "break his silence" and clear the clouds over the "sensitive" issue. "The Prime Minister would have to break his silence...The Prime Minister should make it clear today itself if his Home Minister is speaking the truth or his Law Minister," said...
05:27 PM, Feb 10, 2012
Azamgarh: Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid is at it again. During a rally speech at Azamgarh, the Congress minister raised up the controversial issue of Batla House encounter and said that Sonia Gandhi had tears in her eyes when she heard about it. "When Sonia Gandhi saw pictures of the Batla House encounter, she had tears in her eyes and she ordered a thorough probe," he is heard telling the...
10:57 AM, Feb 10, 2012
Lucknow: Accusing Congress of doing politics on the Batla House encounter case, BJP President Nitin Gadkari on Monday sought an explanation from Sonia Gandhi on the "contradictory" statements by the government and her party leaders on the issue. "In Batla House encounter, while Prime Minister and Home Minister are saying something else, Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh is saying something else...party president Sonia Gandhi should clarify the situation," Gadkari said,...
03:14 AM, Jan 17, 2012
Lucknow: The BJP on Sunday said contradictory statements by Congress leaders on the Batla encounter were dangerous for internal security and demanded a clarification from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the issue. "The Prime Minister should clarify whether Union Home Minister Chidambaram is correct or party general secretary Digvijaya Singh. "The state of confusion over the issue of terrorism is dangerous for country's internal security," BJP vice-president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi...
08:39 PM, Jan 15, 2012
Azamgarh: The turf war between the Congress and Samajwadi Party's young turks continues. Samajwadi Party Uttar Pradesh unit chief Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday accused the Central Government of shying away from ordering a judicial investigation into the Batla House encounter while addressing an election rally in Azamgarh. "The demand for a judicial investigation into Batla House encounter is justified. Everyone wants a judicial investigation into the incident then why is...
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New Delhi: The Congress stands exposed while trying to compete with the Samajwadi Party to woo the Muslim vote in Uttar Pradesh. Different voices from within the party have made the doublespeak on sub-quota and the Batla Encounter issues evident. In Azamgarh, where most of the accused in Batla House encounter come from, Congress leader Digvijaya Singh asked for a retrial of what he calls fake encounter. This also because...
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New Delhi: The Congress on Friday distanced itself from the promise of Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid to provide 9 per cent sub quota for Muslims under the OBC category. Addressing a press conference, Congress spokesperson Rashid Alvi said providing 9 per cent quota to OBC Muslims might be an individual view of the law minister. The move has possibly been taken as the Congress has got feedback hinting that...
05:49 PM, Jan 13, 2012
New Delhi: Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Friday rubbished the claims made by Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh that the Batla House encounter was fake. The home minister said that the encounter was genuine, adding that the matter rests where it stands today. He further said that there was no need to open the matter again. Addressing a press conference in New Delhi, the home minister also talked about...
05:11 PM, Jan 12, 2012
New Delhi: Paving the way for the trial to begin, a Delhi court on Tuesday formally slapped charges against Shahzad Ahmed, a suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) terrorist, arrested in south Delhi's Batla House shootout in which a Delhi Police inspector was killed in 2008. Additional Sessions Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar framed the charges against Shahzad Ahmed alias Pappu. Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma of Delhi Police's specialised anti-terror squad, Special Cell,...
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