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Mecca Masjid blast accused also linked to Samjhauta train attack: NIA
Rajinder Nagarkoti, TNN, Dec 21, 2010, 02.49pm IST

PANCHKULA: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has claimed that
Hyderabad's Mecca Masjid blast accused, Swami Asimanand was also
involved in the February 2007 Samjhauta train blasts that killed 68
people, mostly Pakistanis. The agency procured a warrant from a court
here to produce the suspect for further questioning in the case.

Sources said that NIA, in its application submitted to the additional
district and sessions court (a special court for Samjhauta blasts
case), stated that it had sufficient evidence against the Swami.
Accepting their plea, Judge Ritu Garg granted a production warrant
till January 3.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had arrested 59-year-old
Swami on November 19 from Haridwar in connection with the blast at the
historic Mecca Masjid in Hyderabad on May 18, 2007. Nine persons were
killed in the explosion. Sources said, during his interrogation by CBI
sleuths, the Swami had reportedly admitted his involvement in
Samjhauta Express blasts.

Sixty-eight people were killed when bombs were set off in two coaches
of cross-country Samjhauta Express around midnight on February 18,
2007 at Diwana near Panipat. Only 38 victims could be identified and
most of them were Pakistani nationals on their return journey to
Lahore. Investigation into the blasts had found that six firebombs
along with timers, which were kept inside six suitcases, were
purchased from an outlet in Indore.

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