New Delhi: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Saturday questioned the bail granted to chief accused in the Israel embassy car blast case, Syed Mohammed Kazmi, saying that if he was given bail, why hadn't Sadhvi Pragya Thakur been granted bail yet.
RSS spokesperson Ram Madhav Varanasi said, " Justice Kabir, CJI, said Kazmi, accused in the attack on an Israeli diplomat's wife in Delhi has statutory right to bail. He is released. What about Sadhvi Pragya? Is the Supreme Court setting another new precedent by granting bail to Kazmi against whom ample evidence of direct involvement in the plot is available?"
The Supreme Court had in September rejected the bail plea of Sadhvi Pragya Thakur, who is facing charges for her alleged involvement in the 2008 Malegaon blast case. Thakur has been in custody of the Maharashtra ATS since October 2008, and faces charges under Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA).
Kazmi was, meanwhile, released from the Tihar jail around 9 pm on Saturday....
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10:33 PM, Oct 20, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to Syed Mohammed Kazmi, who is accused in the Israel embassy car blast case. The apex court had in September 2012 sought the response of Delhi Police on the bail plea of Kazmi, a journalist, who is accused in the February 13 attack on an Israeli diplomat. The police had claimed that Kazmi had confessed to the attack. Kazmi was arrested...
12:00 PM, Oct 19, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi Police team visiting Iran to probe the February 13 Israeli diplomat car blast in the capital is expected to return on Tuesday. The two-member team was sent to Tehran after Iranian authorities conveyed a willingness to assist Delhi Police's probe after it emerged that four Iranian nationals were allegedly involved in the attack. India has secured an Interpol Red Corner warrant against all the four men....
08:37 AM, Aug 14, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi Police's investigation into the attack on Israel diplomat's car in February, 2012, points to a clear Iranian state hand. CNN-IBN has accessed the police's letter of rogatory that confirms that the attack was part of a larger conspiracy that included a failed attempt in Georgia and twin terror attacks in Bangkok. The police has written to the Malaysian authorities to allow them to question a suspect...
12:05 PM, Jul 31, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Monday opposed a plea for allowing inspection by the insurer of the Israeli diplomat's car, subjected to the February 13 bombing, saying the same cannot be allowed as the case has international ramifications. The police told Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vinod Yadav that the release of the vehicle or its survey for assessment of the damage caused to it to claim insurance cannot be allowed....
07:31 PM, Apr 23, 2012
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Tuesday dismissed the bail plea of Syed Mohammad Kazmi, accused in the Israeli Embassy car blast case, saying that there was "no substance" in the arguments of the defence counsel. Kazmi will continue to be in judicial remand. The journalist was arrested last month in connection with the February 13 terror attack. Kazmi, 50, who claimed to have been writing for Iranian publications, was...
04:52 PM, Apr 03, 2012
New Delhi: The Interpol has issued red-corner notices against four Iranians suspected to be behind the attack on a car belonging to the Israeli Embassy in New Delhi on February 13. The Delhi Police had provided the details of the suspects - Houshang Afshar Irani, Syed Ali Mahdiansadr, Mohammadreza Abolghasemi and Sadaghatzadeh Masoud - to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which serves as the nodal organisation in the country...
12:25 PM, Mar 23, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Saturday requested the Malaysian authorities to deport the prime accused in the Bangkok blast case, who is an Iranian national named Seda Ghat Zadeh Masoud. Masoud has been detained in Malaysia. Meanwhile in Delhi, a court asked the police to present the records of the interrogation of Mohammad Ahmed Qazmi, one of the accused in the attack on an Israeli Embassy car in the...
06:15 PM, Mar 17, 2012
New Delhi: In the Israeli embassy car blast case, the Delhi Police have said Syed Kazmi, one of the accused, was a point-person for the conspiracy. According to the police, Kazmi lent logistical support to three Iranian nationals suspected of executing the attack that seriously injured the wife of an Israeli diplomat. He was arrested on March 6 in connection with the February 13 blast. A delegation of MPs led...
06:10 PM, Mar 16, 2012
New Delhi: Social activists and journalists on Monday sat on protest at India Gate in the national capital and organised a candle light vigil demanding the release of journalist Syed Mohammad Qazmi arrested in connection to the Israeli embassy car blast last month. The procession of about nearly 500 people was led by Qazmi's wife Jahanara who claimed that her husband "is innocent and should be released immediately". The protesters...
09:43 AM, Mar 13, 2012
New Delhi: Just over three weeks after the dramatic bombing of an Israeli embassy car critically injured a diplomat and two others near the Prime Minister's residence, the Delhi Police have arrested a man claiming to be a freelance journalist working with government broadcaster Doordarshan and Radio Tehran, accusing him of being part of the conspiracy. The 50-year-old, identified as Syed Mohammad Qazmi, was arrested on Tuesday night by a...
11:49 PM, Mar 07, 2012
New Delhi: An Indian national has been arrested in the Israeli embassy car bombing case in Delhi. A 50-year-old identified as Mohammad Qazmi has been sent to 20 days of police custody. He is a freelance journalist and is believed to have worked with an Iranian news agency in the past. Sources say he allegedly confessed to his role of facilitating the operation. A scooter too, has been recovered from...
05:23 PM, Mar 07, 2012
Jerusalem: Indian intelligence agencies have "considerable evidence" of Iran's involvement in the February 13 attack on an Israeli diplomat but are not releasing it in a bid to avoid public confrontation with Tehran, a top Israeli security official has claimed. The senior Israeli official told daily Ha'aretz that the Indians are "close to fully solving the case but they are not saying so publicly". However, Indians have not "concealed the...
10:53 PM, Feb 26, 2012
As the enmity between Iran and Israel escalates, we ask " which is the better long term friend for India? ...
10:00 PM, Feb 16, 2012
New Delhi: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is expected to attend a counter-terrorism conference in Pakistan on Thursday. This came three days after the blasts in Delhi and Bangkok. Investigations now seem to suggest that there are numerous similarities in both attacks. The question is whether it is all a part of a larger coordinated attack as Israel claims. Two of the three men held for allegedly plotting triple attacks in...
08:15 AM, Feb 16, 2012
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, however, said his country's nuclear programme is for peaceful purposes. ...
10:24 PM, Feb 15, 2012
New Delhi: In the latest development in connection with the probe into the Israel embassy car blast, the Delhi Police on Wednesday found an abandoned motorcycle which they suspect could be the one used in the attack. As Indian investigators continue their probe, Israeli forensic experts also visited the blast site on Wednesday and examined the Innova car which was the main target. Meanwhile, according to sources, the ingredients of...
10:19 PM, Feb 15, 2012
New Delhi: Two days after bike-borne terrorists carried out a bomb blast in an Israeli embassy car in New Delhi, an Israeli forensic team on Wednesday reached the national capital to help in the probe. The team of Israeli officials examined the Innova car at the Delhi Police's special cell office. Meanwhile, the Delhi Police is verifying an abandoned red motorcycle which was found in the Lado Sarai area of...
06:10 PM, Feb 15, 2012
Bangkok: Thai authorities were on Wednesday probing possible links between the three explosions on Bangkok on Tuesday and the Monday attack on an Israeli embassy car in Delhi as evidence emerged that "sticky" bomb was used in both the cases. However, Israel's Ambassador to Thailand Itzhak Shoham was emphatic when he claimed that the three Iranian suspects involved in Tuesday's blasts were part of the same network of assailants who...
05:41 PM, Feb 15, 2012
New Delhi: Two days after the blast in an Israeli embassy car in the national capital, the Delhi Police has tightened the security of the Israeli embassy staff in Delhi according to sources. Sources have said that all embassy employees will now be given Delhi Police commandos in place of plain-clothed security personnel. An escort car will also be provided to some embassy employees. The movement of all staff to...
01:34 PM, Feb 15, 2012
