Samjhauta Blast Case: Swami Aseemanand sent to judicial custody till 27th of Jan

Key accused in Samjhauta blast case in the year 2007, Swami Aseemanand has been sent to judicial custody till 2th January by a local court in Panchkula district of Kashmir after he was produced earlier today by National Investigating Agency (NIA) before the court.

As per report of the sources, the remand was extended on the request made by NIA for further investigations. Earlier, the court had prolonged his police custody for 10 more days that ended on Thursday, Jan 12.

The NIA had last month brought Aseemanand, who is also an accused in the 2007 Mecca Masjid blast, from Hyderabad and produced him in a court here on December 23 which first remanded him in one-day custody of NIA as the judge of the designated court was on leave that day.

Later again he was produced and every time his remand period was extended. Showing their unhappiness at the decision of the court, the counsel for the right-wing Hindu group Abhinav Bharat member said the National Investigation Agency (NIA) told the court that it do not require further custody of the accused as it has completed its investigation.

Swami Aseemanand, a post graduate in Botany who hails from Hooghly was arrested on November 19, 2010 for his alleged involvement in the Ajmer, Hyderabad and Samjhauta Express blasts, which all took place in the year 2007.

As per report of the sources, Aseemanand has disclosed some explosive information on the involvement of right wing terror on some of the worst terrorist activities India has seen.

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