Indian Court acquits 4 accused, Swami Aseemanand and 3 others, in Samjhauta Express bombing case

[Laozi]

Pakistani must do a surgical strike to avenge the blood of Pakistani victims.

Then India should keep these guys under protective custody to counter any such strike

 

[Mentee]

Then India should keep these guys under protective custody to counter any such strike

Would save us the headache of planning and engaging multiple hindutava targets

 

[The Eagle]

One should never give importance to any statements by politicians

Otherwise it will be difficult to defend Sheik Rasheed and Bilawal Butto

Why to match Indian terrorism exposure to Pakistani politicians at all. However, take Bilawal as he is all yours. A disgruntled kid trying to pressurize State by supporting Indian narrative so that accountability can be avoided. There is no comparison into this and furthermore, India can quote Bilawal as a reference similar to Nawaz being referred in ICJ.

 

[Mighty Lion]

David Headley admitted LeT was behind this blast.

 

[Mangus Ortus Novem]

#WorldsBogussetDemocracy

Why Paks are surprised by this 'secular' verdict?

Did the #ButcherofGujjrat got punished?

#TerrorMatta will never stop from killing Paks. It is in its nature. Understand this!

 

[coffee_cup]

There you go! See the face of #TerrorMatta

And then they complain about Masood, Hafiz Saeed etc.

Indians, you are the most pathetic liars and hypocrites in this world! Never ever come to us now and play victim unless you hang your own hindu extremist terrorists.

 

[The Eagle]

Samjhota Express bombing: India's special anti-terror court acquits 4 accused

Updated March 20, 2019

In this Feb. 19, 2007 file photo, Indian security personnel walk past the charred coaches of the Samjhota Express train, which caught fire after a blast at Dewana, about 80 kilometres north of New Delhi, India. — AP

A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in India's Haryana state on Wednesday acquitted all four accused in the Samjhota Express bombing case, India media reported.

In addition, an application filed on March 11 by Pakistani resident, Rahila Wakil, was dismissed by the court. The application had sought permission for out-of-court testimonies of Pakistani witnesses in the case.

“The NIA Special Court has concluded that the investigating agency has failed to prove the conspiracy charge and ruled that [the] accused deserve a benefit of [the] doubt,” The Indian Express quoted NIA Counsel RK Handa as saying.

According to NDTV, the Samjhota Express train was headed from Delhi to Lahore. Nearly 70 people were killed in the blasts, which took place near Panipat in Haryana on February 18, 2007.

The explosions ripped through the train as it was on its way to Attari in Amritsar, the last railway station on the Indian side.

Among those who died in the terrorist attack were a total of 43 Pakistanis, The Indian Express reported.

According to NDTV, Haryana police had registered a case, but the probe was handed over to the National Investigation Agency in July 2010, which then filed a charge sheet in June 2011 after conducting a probe, indicting eight individuals.

NIA's probe came to the conclusion that the accused were upset with previous attacks on Hindu temples — Gujarat's Akshardham, Jammu's Raghunath Mandir, and Varanasi's Sankat Mochan Mandir — and had conspired to target the Pakistan-bound train as revenge, according to NDTV.

"The accused had conspired and propounded a theory of 'bomb ka badla bomb' (a bomb for a bomb)," NDTV quoted the NIA as stating in the charge sheet.

The accused include Naba Kumar Sarkar alias Swami Aseemanand, Lokesh Sharma, Kamal Chauhan, and Rajinder Chaudhary, all of whom appeared before the court.

Sunil Joshi, the alleged mastermind of the attack, was killed in December 2007, according to The Indian Express and Times of India.

The remaining three accused, namely Ramchandra Kalsangra, Sandeep Dange, and Amit, continue to be at large and have been declared as proclaimed offenders, The Indian Express reported.

The trial first began in 2010 at the Panchkula NIA court and over the course of the proceedings, around 224 witnesses of the total 299 have all testified before the court, the publication further stated.

The Samjhota Express, also known as the Attari Express, runs between Delhi and Attari in India and Delhi and Lahore in Pakistan, on Wednesdays and Sundays.

David Headley admitted LeT was behind this blast.

Headly V/s NIA against Col. Prohit... A compromise of convenience for India.

 

[Meliodas]

Today Nia court has acquitted all 4 a cused in the samjhauta express case. Is it another stroke by modi to milk "hindutva" cause? Or is this a fair decision.

I would like to know your opinion as to how will this decision impact future of India.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com...quitted-by-nia-court/articleshow/68499605.cms

 

[Dubious]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1108351582884847618

Indian court acquits 4 Hindus in blast on train to Pakistan

FILE - In this Feb. 19, 2007, file photo, Indian security personnel walk past the charred coaches of Samjauta

Express train, or Friendship Express, which caught fire after a blast at Dewana, about 80 kilometers (50 miles) north of New Delhi, India. An Indian court has on Wednesday, March 20, 2019, acquitted four Hindu hardliners charged with triggering explosions in the train heading for India’s border with Pakistan 12 years ago, killing 68 people, mostly Pakistani nationals. (Mustafa Quraishi, File/Associated Press)

By Associated Press
March 20 at 9:44 AM

NEW DELHI — An Indian court on Wednesday acquitted four Hindus charged with triggering explosions on a train heading to India’s border with Pakistan 12 years ago, killing 68 people, mostly Pakistani citizens.

Defense attorney Mukesh Garg said the court in the northern Indian town of Mohali ruled that investigators failed to conclusively prove that the accused were guilty.

Two coaches of the Samjhauta Express, or Friendship Express, were engulfed in flames after the blasts in 2007 outside Dewana, a train station near New Delhi.

The train was traveling from New Delhi to Atari, the last station before the Pakistan border. At Atari, passengers switch to a Pakistani train.

Pakistan has been pressing India to expedite the trial. India’s National Investigation Agency filed charges against the defendants in 2011, charging them with criminal conspiracy to murder.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...c5d0999c21e_story.html?utm_term=.d270b3946a99

I think both US and india cant call their own terrorist...Well, then they are growing, harbouring and nuturing these ....

 

[Peaceful Civilian]

So all realeased. Just because most victims were Pakistan in samjhuta blast. India should held somebody accountable for samjhota express blast. Justice is not served till today.

 

[Meliodas]

India is inflicting damage on itself that we couldn't. This incident has potential to backfire and create embarasement for India in future as these people will try and do something again.

 

[Baghial]

extremists or terrorists?

patriotic,s

 

[Pakistansdefender]

I always that that Indian judiciary is strong enough to tackle these cases.. But I am wrong .
Democracy is running in India, but what kind of democracy it is when the courts are not unbiased..
Shame on the supreme court..

 

[The Eagle]

I think both US and india cant call their own terrorist...Well, then they are growing, harbouring and nuturing these

Every party has the skeleton hidden but unfortunately, who propagates much is the innocent.

 

[Maarkhoor]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1108351582884847618

There are no free courts in India, All the judges are working under the feet on Modi....See how single handily a chai wala f@cked the whole system....