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Malegaon blast: Approver moves spl court for bail
One of the accused arrested earlier in connection with the 2006 Malegaon bomb blasts case on Tuesday moved a MCOCA court seeking bail.
Mumbai: One of the accused arrested
earlier in connection with the 2006 Malegaon bomb blasts case
on Tuesday moved a MCOCA court seeking bail.
Abrar Ahmed, in his bail application filed before the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crimes Act (MCOCA) court, said he was arrested by police even though he had assisted them during the investigations.
Abrar in his application alleged that the ATS tortured him to give confession about his involvement in the blasts. He, however, retracted the charge. "We chose to file a separate bail application for Abrar as he is the only person who had turn approver in the case," Abrar`s counsel Jaleel Ansari said.
Eight accused, who were arrested in connection with the blasts, had moved separate bail applications on Saturday.
The next hearing on the bail will be held on October 31.
Maharashtra ATS, which initially probed the case had arrested nine persons namely Salman Farsi, Shabir Ahmed, Noorulhuda Doha, Rais Ahmed, Mohammed Ali, Asif Khan, Javed Sheikh, Farooque Ansari and Abrar Ahmed for their alleged involvement in the multiple blasts in the powerloom town in Nashik district. The explosions near a mosque on September 8, 2006 had killed 36 people and injured over 100.
In December 2006, the case was handed over to CBI. Later the NIA, a special anti-terror probe agency created in 2009, took over the investigations.
The accused`s previous bail application had been rejected in March by the court.
PTI
Abrar Ahmed, in his bail application filed before the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crimes Act (MCOCA) court, said he was arrested by police even though he had assisted them during the investigations.
Abrar in his application alleged that the ATS tortured him to give confession about his involvement in the blasts. He, however, retracted the charge. "We chose to file a separate bail application for Abrar as he is the only person who had turn approver in the case," Abrar`s counsel Jaleel Ansari said.
Eight accused, who were arrested in connection with the blasts, had moved separate bail applications on Saturday.
The next hearing on the bail will be held on October 31.
Maharashtra ATS, which initially probed the case had arrested nine persons namely Salman Farsi, Shabir Ahmed, Noorulhuda Doha, Rais Ahmed, Mohammed Ali, Asif Khan, Javed Sheikh, Farooque Ansari and Abrar Ahmed for their alleged involvement in the multiple blasts in the powerloom town in Nashik district. The explosions near a mosque on September 8, 2006 had killed 36 people and injured over 100.
In December 2006, the case was handed over to CBI. Later the NIA, a special anti-terror probe agency created in 2009, took over the investigations.
The accused`s previous bail application had been rejected in March by the court.
PTI