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At last, case against Gorakhpu blast accused
Tariq Qasmi withdrawn
Wednesday April 24, 2013 11:21:49 PM,
IANS
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Lucknow:
The Uttar Pradesh government Wednesday withdrew the case against
Tariq Qasmi, prime accused in the Gorakhpur bomb blasts of May 22,
2007 which left six people, including a woman, injured.
The move followed a recommendation from the district
administration to the state home department that the case against
Qasmi, resident of Azamgarh, be withdrawn.
Following this, the home department late Wednesday issued orders
for the withdrawing the cases against the accused.
Qasmi was picked up by the Special Task Force (STF) after he was
found to be in touch with HuJi activists. This is the first case
of terror charges being withdrawn against any one since the
Akhilesh Yadav government was sworn in last year.
The Samajwadi Party (SP), from time to time, has been assuring the
minority community that "false charges" slapped on "innocent
Muslims" would be withdrawn.
Home Secretary Sarvesh Mishra said the district magistrate of
Gorakhpur has been directed to file an affidavit in the concerned
court, informing it of the government decision.
All India Sunni Board president Mohammad Mushtaq welcomed the
decision and lauded the SP government for beginning to fulfill its
promise.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) however lashed out at the SP
government over the development and slammed it for "dangerously
playing with national security for minority vote gains."
"This is a clear and sad example of how the SP government has
decided to shake hands with terrorists to get the votes of
minorities" Vijay Bahadur Pathak, spokesman of the BJP, told IANS.
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