New Delhi: A Delhi court on Friday acquitted two
men of the charges of being members of a terror organisation
Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and possessing explosives for carrying
out terror activities in the capital three years ago.
Sessions Judge Dharmesh Sharma absolved Gulzar Ahmed
Ganai and Md Amin Hajjam of the charges under the IPC, the
Explosive Substance Act and the Unlawful Activities
(Prevention) Act.
Ganai (23) and Hajjam (32) were arrested on December 10,
2006, following a tip-off by a team of Delhi police special
cell officials led by Inspector M C Sharma, who was killed in
the Batla House encounter here on September 19 last year.
The police which claimed to have recovered 1.5 kg
explosives and Rs 6 lakh hawala money from their possession,
however, could not prove the charges in the Court.
The Court in its judgement did not find any substance in
the charges that both the men, hailing from Jammu and Kashmir
were members of the LeT.
The prosecution produced as many as 13 witnesses to prove
their allegations.
The police during trial had claimed that they got the
information through technical surveillance that the duo would
come to the capital to deliver the hawala money and explosives
to their associates at the behest of one Md Akmal of Pakistan
who was a district commander of the LeT.
However, the Court lent credence to the arguments of M
S Khan, counsel for the accused who submitted that there was
no evidence that the names of the accused were revealed during
technical surveillance.
Bureau Report
