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 as Noorulhuda. Nooruddin, who couldn't continue with his studies due to lack of money after his brother's arrests, is now demanding compensation from the state.
Noorulhuda'S brother Nooruddin said, "The government has top compensate us for the mental trauma and the loss faced by us in the last five years.;"...
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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
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
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
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
New Delhi: In a new twist in Aseemanand's confessions, days after letters allegedly written by him to the Presidents of India and Pakistan emerged, his brother has denied receiving any letter. The letters were allegedly written two days after his confessional statements before the CBI. The two letters, allegedly written by Aseemanand, not just confessed to his guilt but also reiterated his confessional statement made before the CBI. Aseemanand had...
10:40 PM, Jan 18, 2011
New Delhi: CNN-IBN has accessed a letter written by Saumjhauta Blast accused Swami Aseemanand which shows that his confession before the CBI was voluntary. The letter accessed by CNN-IBN was written by Swami Aseemanand to the presidents of India and Pakistan on why he had a change of heart and wanted to confess. swami Aseemanand had given the letter - where he expressed his desire to confess - to his...
07:46 PM, Jan 13, 2011
Mumbai: In a fresh development in the 2006 Malegaon blast probe, a special court on Thursday granted permission to CBI for reinvestigating the case in wake of "confession" statements made by Swami Aseemanand linking Hindu groups to terror acts. CBI has moved the application before a MCOCA court here after the statement made by Swami Aseemanand under section 164 Criminal Procedure Code before a magistrate in which he claimed that...
05:48 PM, Jan 13, 2011
Malegaon: After Swami Aseemanand's confession, there was clamour in Malegaon for the release of the nine local youth arrested in the 2006 Malegaon blast case. The family members of the youth say even if they are released, the scars of being targetted as the accused for years can never be erased. Noorul Huda is one of the accused in Malegaon blast case and was arrested from Malegaon in the 2006....
02:21 PM, Jan 13, 2011
Panchkula: Samjhauta Express train blast accused Swami Aseemanand has been sent to judicial custody till January 27 by a special Panchkula court. The court sent Assemanand to judicial custody after the National Investigation Agency (NIA) sought an extension of his custody. His statement under Section 164 of CrPC is being recorded in the Samjhauta blast case at the court. NIA special judge Ritu Garg had earlier extended his police remand...
11:13 AM, Jan 13, 2011
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday announced cash rewards for information on three suspects in the Samjhauta blast probe, following Swami Assemanand's confession in the case. The NIA has now announced cash rewards for information on Ramchandra Kalsangre and Sandeep Dange, the two individuals named by Aseemanand in his confessions of being close to Sunil Joshi. Both have already been named as accused by the Rajasthan ATS...
08:37 PM, Jan 11, 2011
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has announced a cash reward of Rs 10 lakh for information on Ramchandra Kalsangra and Sandeep Dange in the 2007 Samjhauta blast case. Both the accused, believed to be the bomb-makers for the saffron terror module, are absconding. Their names are mentioned in senior Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh leader Swami Aseemanand's confession statement to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Aseemanand, 59, recently confessed...
11:10 AM, Jan 11, 2011
New Delhi: Following Swami Aseemanand's confession to the CBI about having planned the Samjhauta Express blast, Pakistan foreign office has summoned the Indian envoy in Islamabad. RSS leader Aseemanand confessed before the CBI that Hindu terrorists were behind the Samjhauta Express blasts of 2007. Seeking details on the Samjhauta blast, in which 68 people including 42 Pakistanis were killed, India's acting Deputy High Commissioner G V Srinivas was called by...
10:43 AM, Jan 11, 2011
