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A year on, 13/7 blasts' trial may take years to begin
Friday July 13, 2012 08:18:57 PM,
IANS
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Mumbai: A year after
three coordinated bomb blasts rocked India's commercial capital
Mumbai, a legal official says that it may take at least another
three years for the trial to begin.
"It will take at least three years for the trial to begin in the
case, considering a huge backlog of pending cases before the
special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court,"
defence lawyer Sharif Shaikh said.
Three blasts at close intervals shook Mumbai's diamond and gold
hubs - Opera House and Zaveri Bazar - and a busy commercial area
of Dadar July 13 last year, killing at least 27 people and leaving
around 125 injured.
The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has already filed its
final report before the MCOCA court against the five arrested and
six absconding accused.
At present, the court is hearing the July 2006 serial train blasts
case.
Subsequently, the court is likely to take up the Aurangabad arms
haul case of 2006, the trial of which will last for at least a
year, another lawyer said.
State-appointed Special Public Prosecutor Ujjawal Nikam, however,
seemed positive. "We will do our best to speed up the trial," he
said.
On May 25, the ATS filed a 4,788-page chargesheet before the MCOCA
court against 10 members of the Indian Mujahideen (IM), including
its top operative Riyaz Bhatkal who is believed to be hiding in
Pakistan.
Of the 10 members of the terror group, six are absconding while
four have been arrested.
The four arrested include Naqi Ahmed, Nadeem Shaikh, Kanwar
Pathrija and Haroon Naik, who are charged under various sections
of MCOCA, Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, Indian Penal Code,
Explosives Act, Explosives Substance Act and Prevention of Public
Property Act.
The investigation was conducted by teams of the Mumbai police,
Maharashtra's Criminal Investigation Department (CID), National
Investigation Agency (NIA) and others, with support from the local
security agencies of several states.
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