Sixth chargesheet filed in Ahmedabad bomb blasts

City Crime Branch on Monday filed sixth chargesheet in one of the 18 cases registered with regard to the July 26, 2008 serial blasts in Ahmedabad in which 57 people were killed.

City Crime Branch on Monday filed sixth chargesheet in one of the 18 cases registered with regard to the July 26, 2008 serial blasts here in which 57 people were killed.

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The 1,000-page document pertains to the case registered at Isanpur police station where a bomb mounted on a cycle had exploded, killing one woman and injuring 26 others.

The chargesheet was filed in the designated court of Metropolitan Magistrate G M Patel against 26 accused, including "mastermind" Mufti Abu Basher, SIMI leader Safdar Nagori and Sajid Mansuri.

In the chargesheet carrying statements of 18 witnesses, fifty-nine accused including Abdus Subhan alias Tauqeer and Riyz Bhatkal have been shown as absconders.

The previous five chargesheets were related to explosions at Civil Hospital, L G hospital, Khadia, Maninagar and Naroda.