No dosas for blast case accused, rules Goa judge

Last Updated: Friday, May 20, 2011, 12:03

Tags: Goa, judge, 2009 IED blast case

Panaji: A Goa court has turned down a request from members of the Hindu rightwing group Sanatan Sanstha, accused of carrying out an improvised explosive device (IED) in Goa, to eat dosas while in judicial custody.

Advocate Sanjiv Punalkar, who represents Sanatan Sanstha members Vinayak Patil, Vinay Talekar, Dhananjay Ashtekar and Dilip Mangaonkar, had requested the Margao district and sessions court judge Bimba Thaly to allow his clients to eat dosas as a snack once in way during their incarceration.

The National Investigation agency (NIA) counsel however objected to dosas or any other snacks being served to the accused and stated that the jail manual be strictly followed while dealing with those in judicial custody.

The request was eventually rejected.

The accused have been charged for planning and executing the 2009 IED blasts during a religious procession on Diwali eve.

IANS

First Published: Friday, May 20, 2011, 12:03

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ram - Delhi
Why should such a request be rejected?

If the prisoner is a South Indian or a vegetarian he should be given food which he is used to eat and not forcefed Rotis which is okay for a North Indian.

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raman - chennai
yeah, that is right, follow the jail manual strictly, but feed biryani to a terrorist? OK, secular lobsters? kill more than 160 people and then enjoy in jail with Biryani, incompetent authorities, laughing stock of the civilized world.