New Delhi: A Delhi Court on Wednesday discharged
Mohammed Ahsan Dar, a suspected aide of Pakistan based Hizbul
Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin, in an eighteen-year-old
TADA case.
A Special TADA court let off Dar, saying there was no
prima-facie evidence against the accused in the matter as the
CBI had already filed a closure report.
"There is no evidence against the accused to proceed
with the trial since the CBI has already filed a closure
report in the case," the Special TADA court said.
The CBI had sought closure of the case against Dar on
the ground that it had failed to get a confessional statement
on the charges levelled against him of receiving money from
Salahuddin.
Dar, along with Salahuddin, was wanted in the case
registered under TADA for allegedly abetting terror activities
in the country.
He was accused by the CBI of receiving USD 10,000 and
a letter from Salahuddin in the FIR registered on April 20,
1991.
Dar, 53, who hails from Baramullah and evaded arrest
for a long time, was arrested by Jammu and Kashmir police on
January 14, 2009, and later quizzed by the investigating
agency after being taken into three-day custody in June.
Bureau Report
First Published: Wednesday, November 11, 2009, 18:03