Mecca Masjid blast accused also linked to Samjhauta train attack: NIA

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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