New Delhi, Oct 21: A Delhi court today dismissed the plea of a Lashkar-e-Toiba militant standing trial in the December 2000 red fort attack case for the removal of handcuff and fetters from his body. The accused Mohammed Arif alias Ashfaq alias Abu Hamad -a Pakistani - in his petition moved before additional sessions judge O P Saini on September 29 had alleged that he was being "continuously subjected to mental, physical and psychological torture by forcing handcuffs and fetters on him".
But the court rejected the plea. Earlier, the court had issued notices to deputy commissioner of police (third battalion), investigation officer and jail superintendent asking them to file their objections regarding the same.
This was the fourth time that Ashfaq's petition praying for freeing him from handcuff and fetters was turned down by courts here. Prior to this, chief metropolitan magistrate Sangita Dhingra Sehgal, Metropolitan Magistrate A K Sarpal and additional sessions judge M S Sabharwal had dismissed his similar pleas.

A former top official of HDFC Bank today testified before the court that Ashfaq had deposited Rs 6,19,000 after opening an account there.
Two militants of let sneaked into the 17th century historic monument at around 2100 hours on December 22, 2000 and opened indiscriminate fire on the guards of the 7th battalion of Rajputana Rifles stationed there leading to the death of three persons.
Bureau Report