As many as 30 undertrials, who were arrested in connection with the Coimbatore serial bomb blast case, went for to an indefinite hunger strike at the central prison in Coimbatore on Monday. Jail sources said all the accused, hailing from K K Nagar area of the city, took the step to press to the demand that their cases be settled separately. Claiming that they have been detained in the prison for three-and-a-half years without any reason, the accused demanded that they either be released or let out on bail, the sources added.
The special investigation team had arrested 167 people, including banned Al-Umma president s a pasha and Kerala-based People's Democratic Party chairman Abdul Nasser Madhan, in connection with the case.
The special investigation team had arrested 167 people, including banned Al-Umma president s a pasha and Kerala-based People's Democratic Party chairman Abdul Nasser Madhan, in connection with the case.
The blast had left 60 dead and over 250 injured in this textile city on February 14, 1998.
Bureau Report