2006 Malegaon blasts: Trial to start soon

MUMBAI: The special MCOCA court is set to start trial in the 2006 Malegaon blasts case and has issued production warrants to two accused lodged in Ambala jail in

MUMBAI: The special MCOCA court is set to start trial in the 2006 Malegaon blasts case and has issued production warrants to two accused lodged in Ambala jail in Haryana.

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“The court has issued production warrants to Ambala jail to produce Lokesh Sharma and Rajendra Chaudhary before the court to frame the charges in the case and begin trial,” said special public prosecutor, Prakash Shetty.

The special court has scheduled the case on October 14, when if the accused are produced, the court would begin trial.

Meanwhile, the Bombay high court on hearing the bail application of an accused, Dhan Singh, has asked for a status report on the trial. Dhan Singh had moved the high court after his bail plea was rejected by the special court. The special court has to submit the report by October 7.

Presently, four accused, Lokesh Sharma, Dhan Singh, Manohar Singh and Rajendra Choudhary, booked by NIA, are facing trial for their role in the blasts. Earlier this year, special judge V V Patil had discharged 11 accused booked by the Maharashtra anti-terrorism squad.

The investigation was transferred to NIA on April 6, 2011, after Swami Aseemanand confessed before a court that the blasts was actually the work of a Hindu group.