6 mths on, NIA yet to challenge dargah blast acquittals

Jaipur | Thursday | 21st September, 2017

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"We waited long for the NIA to challenge the acquittals. The special court at Jaipur, however, did not accept it as evidence.Deciding not to wait any more for NIA to appeal against the acquittals, complainant Chishty has approached the high court on his own. Mughal claimed there were several 'gaping holes' in the case built by the prosecution that allowed Aseemanand to walk out of the jail. Three persons were killed and 15 others were injured by the blast. Jaipur: Almost six months have passed since a special court trying National Investigation Agency ( NIA ) cases in Jaipur acquitted Swami Aseemanand and six others in the 2007 Ajmer Dargah blast case but the agency is yet to challenge the acquittals.Delivering verdict in the Dargah blast case on March 8, the special court Judge Dinesh Kumar Gupta convicted Sunil Joshi (who figured in Samjhauta Express and Hyderabad blasts too), Devendra Gupta and Bhavesh Patel..