Charge sheet was filed in Special court of NIA here named Sandeep Dangae, Bhawesh Bhai, Mehul, Suresh Bhai, Ramchander and Sunil Joshi, now dead, along with Aseemanand and Bharat Bhai as the main accused. It alleged that they were “extremists” who carried out the “terrorist activity” in the country.
These accused are charged under various sections of IPC and explosive act. Swami Asimanand and Bharat Bhai are in judicial custody for last 3 months while 5 are absconding. One accused Sunil Joshi was killed in Madhya Pradesh. Three persons were killed and several others injured in Ajmer Dargah blast blasts in Ramzaan 2007.
Meanwhile in Samjhauta blast case too, a special court in Haryana fixed August 17 as the next date for hearing on the charge sheet filed in the matter by the National Investigation Agency (NIA).
During the in-camera proceedings, the NIA submitted the deficient documents related to the case and also told the court that it would file a supplementary charge sheet against some other accused soon. The NIA had on June 20 charged Swami Aseemanand and four others with triggering explosions in the cross-border Samjhauta Express in 2007 that left 68 people dead and 12 injured.