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Samjhauta blast accused held in Malegaon case
AGENCY | Mumbai, February 27, 2012 18:03
Tags : Samjhauta blast accused arrested | Malegaon case | National Investigation Agency | Lokesh Sharma | Samjhauta Express train bombing case | 2008 Malegaon blast case | MCOCA Special Judge | Y.D. Shinde | Samjhauta Express blast mastermind | Sunil Joshi |
Tags : Samjhauta blast accused arrested | Malegaon case | National Investigation Agency | Lokesh Sharma | Samjhauta Express train bombing case | 2008 Malegaon blast case | MCOCA Special Judge | Y.D. Shinde | Samjhauta Express blast mastermind | Sunil Joshi |
The National Investigation Agency Monday arrested Lokesh Sharma, an accused in the Samjhauta Express train bombing case, for his alleged involvement in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, police said.
Presently in judicial custody in the Samjhauta Express case, Sharma was presented before the MCOCA Special Judge Y.D. Shinde, who remanded him to custody till March 9.
This arrest is the 13th in the case and follows a warrant issued against Sharma last Thursday by the Special Court hearing the Sep 29, 2008 Malegaon blast case which killed six people and injured over a hundred others.
The NIA had contended that it required to question Sharma, but had failed to secure his custody earlier last week from Haryana's Panchkula court.
Sharma's alleged involvement came to the fore after the interrogation of Kamlesh Chauhan, who is accused of planting the explosive in the Samjhauta Express.
Besides his involvement in other terror acts in different parts of the country, Sharma was reportedly close to Sunil Joshi, the suspected Samjhauta Express blast mastermind, who was later killed.
Issue Dated: Feb 5, 2017
