One day police custody for Nehru, two others

September 26, 2011 By Leave a Comment

The Judicial Magistrate here on Monday granted one-day police custody to former minister K.N. Nehru, his brother K.N. Ramajeyam and Deputy Mayor M. Anbazhagan in a land grab case registered against them by the City Crime Branch (CCB).

The Magistrate pronounced the order on a petition filed by the CCB seeking police custody of the three to elicit information from them pertaining to the case that was registered on September 18 on a complaint lodged by P. Karunanithi of Pollampalayam in Erode district.

The charge against Mr. Nehru and the other accused is that they had not only threatened Karunanithi to hand over his 9.33 acres of land at Kottapattu in the city but also forcibly took possession of it in 2008. The case was registered under various IPC sections including 147 (rioting), 341 (wrongful restraint), 365 (kidnap), 506 (ii) (criminal intimidation), 420 (cheating), 387 (putting person in fear of death or of grievous hurt in order to commit extortion), 307 (attempt to murder) read with 120 B (criminal conspiracy). The Magistrate ordered the CCB to produce Mr. Nehru and the other two accused before the same court on Tuesday.

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Judgement on Bhopal gas tragedy tomorrow

June 6, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Bhopal, Jun 6 (PTI) After a trial lasting more than two decades, the judgement on Bhopal Gas tragedy, the world”s worst industrial disaster which killed and maimed thousands of people, would be pronounced tomorrow. Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Mohan P Tiwari will pronounce the judgement after a 23-year-long trial in the toxic leak case from the now defunct Union Carbide factory on the intervening night of December 2-3, 1984.

During the trial, a total of 178 prosecution witnesses were examined and 3008 documents were produced while eight defence witnesses deposed in the court. Out of the nine accused tried for the offences, R B Roy Choudhary, the then former Assistant Works Manager Union Carbide India Ltd (UCIL), Mumbai, died during the trial.

The remaining eight accused in the case are Keshub Mahendra, the then UCIL chairman, Vijay Gokhle, the then managing director, Kishore Kamdar, the then vice president, J Mukund, the then works manager, S P Choudhary, the then Production Manager, K V Shetty, the then plant superintendent, S I Quershi, the then production assistant of UCIL and UCIL Calcutta. .

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Verdict on Bhopal gas tragedy on Monday

June 6, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Bhopal, June 6 (ANI): The judgement on Bhopal Gas tragedy, one of the most horrific industrial disaster which killed thousands of people, would be pronounced on Monday.

Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Mohan P Tiwari will pronounce the judgement.

During the trial, a total of 178 prosecution witnesses were examined and 3008 documents were produced while eight defence witnesses deposed in the court.

Out of the nine accused tried for the offences, R B Roy Choudhary, then former Assistant Works Manager Union Carbide India Ltd (UCIL), Mumbai, died during the trial.

The remaining eight accused are Keshub Mahendra, Vijay Gokhle, Kishore Kamdar, J Mukund, S P Choudhary, K V Shetty and S I Quershi.

In the early hours of December 3, 1984, around 40 metric tonnes of toxic methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas leaked into the atmosphere and was carried by wind to surrounding slums.

The government says around 3,500 died in the disaster. Rights activists, however, claim that 25,000 people have died so far. (ANI)

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Arrested Pak transgender prays for suicide attacks on cops for troubling people!

May 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Peshawar, May 26 (ANI): A Pakistani transgender Kashif alias Rani, who was arrested and sent to police custody by a local court here for allegedly trying to marry a man, has wished for more suicide attacks on police and security officials for troubling people.

“I pray there should be more suicide attacks on police because they put people in trouble unnecessarily,” said Rani, who was arrested in a midnight raid along with one Malik Iqbal Khan, when they were reportedly readying to exchange marital vows.

Over 43 guests, who had come to celebrate the marriage, were also arrested during the raid.

“All of them have been remanded in custody for a day on charges of attending an “illegal” event,” The Daily Times quoted Judicial Magistrate Syed Shaukatullah Shah, as saying.

However, Khan, who already has two wives, has denied that he was marrying Rani, and said the police mistook a birthday party for marriage.

“It was only a birthday party for Rani, but police arrested us. We had no intention of getting married,” Khan said. (ANI)

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Unpaid dues: ICL officials face legal action

May 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Chandigarh, May 15 (IANS) A court here Saturday issued notice to three officials of the rebel Indian Cricket League (ICL) for not paying the Rs.700,000 dues of a local hotel.

Chandigarh Industrial and Tourism Development Corporation (CITCO), a semi-government corporation here, had filed a complaint in the court alleging that the ICL authorities had not paid the dues of hotel Mountview where the teams had stayed in 2008.

Mountview is a five-star hotel run by CITCO.

‘Out of the bill of Rs. 11 lakh, ICL officials have not paid nearly Rs.700,000. We had intimated them through mails, calls and even sent them various reminders. But they have not paid the money till date,’ a CITCO official said Saturday.

‘They asked us provide them detailed bills that we had submitted to them before January 2010. After seeing no developments, we had to approach the court.’

Chief Judicial Magistrate J.S. Sidhu Saturday issued notice to chief of accounts department, manager accounts and assistant vice president of Essel group that started the ICL.

The court has sought their reply July 26.

The first edition of the ICL, which was not recognized by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) was held in November-December 2007.

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Hizbul Mujahideen militant says Kashmiris still receive training in PoK camps

May 12, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Jammu, May 12 (ANI): Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) militant-cum-trainer Mohammad Ashraf, has said thousands of misguided Kashmiri youth are still receiving training in camps in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK).

Ashraf, who was held by the Army near the fencing at Sawjian in Poonch District along with his wife Asima, said the youths, who were getting training in different militant training camps in PoK wanted to return homes and lead a peaceful life.

He further said that neither he nor other militants had any knowledge of the state government”s proposed rehabilitation policy for them.

He said he had crossed over to PoK along with 25 other Kashmiri somewhere from Poonch in 1999 when he was 13.

He confessed to have received training at a militant training camp in Kacharban, PoK.
Senior Superintendent of Police Manmohan Singh, said: ” The duo was taken into custody last evening.”

Preliminary investigation has revealed that Ashraf of Budgam district had crossed over to PoK via Poonch in 1999, Singh said, adding that he had received three-months arms training in a camp across the border.

Ashraf claimed he had married Asma, a resident of Kota district in PoK about four months back and crossed over to Poonch to join his family.

Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM), Poonch, has sent them to seven days police custody. (ANI)

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Pak human rights organisation appeal for early repatriation of two Indian fisherboys

May 11, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Karachi, May 11 (ANI): A Pakistan human rights organisation, the Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC), has appealed the government and other higher authorities to make arrangements for sending home the two Indian fisherboys, who were arrested but released later last month.

The SPARC has written to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammed Chaudhry and other leaders to ensure early repatriation of the two boys, who were arrested by Pakistan’s Martime Security Agency along with 14 other Indian fishermen for violating country’s sea limits in December last year.

The Karachi Judicial Magistrate has already directed the concerned authorities to release the two young Indian fishermen.

The local court has directed the Sindh Home Department to send back both the fishermen to their home country, as they have already completed their four months sentence in the juvenile prison.

It may be noted that the decision had come after the SPARC had moved a petition in the Sindh High Court (SHC) for their release.

On April 13, SHC Chief Justice Sarmad Jalal Osmany had ordered to close the cases against the boys within two weeks and report to the court on April 22.

India and Pakistan frequently arrest each other’s fishermen over violation of the maritime boundary, and hundreds of them are swapped regularly.

According to statistics, over 100 Pakistani fishermen are languishing in Indian jails while over 600 Indian fishermen are in Pakistani prisons.

Some believe that it is the rare and expensive fish like ‘Lal Pari’, which lures Indian fishermen to sail near Pakistani waters.

The fish is found near Sir Creek, at the mouth of the Indus River.

The “Lal Pari” offers handsome profit to the fishermen and a large quantity of these species are exported to European countries. (ANI)

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Dhaka moves against errant ruling party cadres

May 8, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Dhaka, May 8 (IANS) Authorities in Bangladesh have launched a crackdown against errant cadres of the ruling Awami League who use political patronage and muscle power to get things done.

The home ministry has asked police to act strictly to curb crimes by activists or face disciplinary measures. On the radar in particular is the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), the ruling party’s student wing.

The instruction follows directions from the Prime Minister’s Office to contain unruly BCL activists, The Daily Star reported Saturday.

A judicial magistrate’s court in Barisal town Thursday rejected the bail prayers of 18 BCL leaders and activists arrested in connection with factional clashes in a polytechnic in which 11 people were injured, New Age reported.

There have been numerous media reports of ruling party cadres snatching tender forms for business deals, threatening officials, molesting girl students and engaging in pitched battles in university campuses.

The home ministry has asked police officials to act professionally and warned them of disciplinary actions if they fail.

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Rajasthan ATS granted permission for narco test on Ajmer blast suspect

May 3, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Ajmer, May 3 (ANI): A court in Ajmer on Monday granted permission to the Rajasthan Anti Terror Squad (ATS) to conduct a narco-analysis test on Devendra Gupta, who was arrested for his alleged role in the 2007 Ajmer Dargah blast.

Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-I Ajmer Khagendra Sharma granted permission to the ATS, who had moved the court on Saturday to seek permission to carry out the test.

An ATS team will take Gupta to Hyderabad to get the tests conducted.

Gupta, who is allegedly linked to Hindu outfit Abhinav Bharat Sangathan, was arrested last week from Ajmer when he had come to meet his ailing mother.

He is suspected to be involved in the blast inside the Dargah of Khawaja Moinuddin Chishti.

The ATS has so far arrested three persons in the blast case- Devendra from Ajmer and Chandrashekhar and Vishnu Patidar from Madhya Pradesh.

Gupta and Chandrashekar are in police remand and are being interrogated by the ATS in Jaipur. They will be produced before the court on May 12.

Police are also probing Gupta”s alleged links with Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, a key accused in the Malegaon blast case.

Chandrasekhar, who is also suspected to have connections with Hindu right-wing groups, is alleged to be a key member of the terror module involved in the Ajmer blast.

At least three persons were killed and over 15 others were injured in the Ajmer Dargah blast in 2007. (ANI)

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Pak court directs agencies to free two ‘juvenile’ Indian fishermen

April 23, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Karachi, Apr.22 (ANI): A Karachi Judicial Magistrate has directed the concerned authorities to release the two young Indian fishermen, who were arrested for violating Pakistan’s water limits in December last year.

The local court has directed the Sindh Home Department to send back both the fishermen to their home country, as they have already completed their four months sentence in the juvenile prison, The Daily Times reports.

It may be noted that a Pakistani non-government organisation (NGO) had moved a petition in the Sindh High Court (SHC) for the release of the Indian fishermen.

On April 13, SHC Chief Justice Sarmad Jalal Osmany had ordered to close the cases against the boys within two weeks and report to the court on April 22.

India and Pakistan frequently arrest each other’s fishermen over violation of the maritime boundary, and hundreds of them are swapped regularly.

According to statistics, over 100 Pakistani fishermen are languishing in Indian jails while over 600 Indian fishermen are in Pakistani prisons.

Some believe that it is the rare and expensive fish like ‘Lal Pari’, which lures Indian fishermen to sail near Pakistani waters.

The fish is found near Sir Creek, at the mouth of the Indus River.

The “Lal Pari” offers handsome profit to the fishermen and a large quantity of these species are exported to European countries. (ANI)

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Pak court directs agencies to free two ‘juvenile’ Indian fishermen

April 23, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Karachi, Apr.22 (ANI): A Karachi Judicial Magistrate has directed the concerned authorities to release the two young Indian fishermen, who were arrested for violating Pakistan’s water limits in December last year.

The local court has directed the Sindh Home Department to send back both the fishermen to their home country, as they have already completed their four months sentence in the juvenile prison, The Daily Times reports.

It may be noted that a Pakistani non-government organisation (NGO) had moved a petition in the Sindh High Court (SHC) for the release of the Indian fishermen.

On April 13, SHC Chief Justice Sarmad Jalal Osmany had ordered to close the cases against the boys within two weeks and report to the court on April 22.

India and Pakistan frequently arrest each other’s fishermen over violation of the maritime boundary, and hundreds of them are swapped regularly.

According to statistics, over 100 Pakistani fishermen are languishing in Indian jails while over 600 Indian fishermen are in Pakistani prisons.

Some believe that it is the rare and expensive fish like ‘Lal Pari’, which lures Indian fishermen to sail near Pakistani waters.

The fish is found near Sir Creek, at the mouth of the Indus River.

The “Lal Pari” offers handsome profit to the fishermen and a large quantity of these species are exported to European countries. (ANI)

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School teacher gets 18 months’ jail for dowry demands

March 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Chandigarh, March 15 (IANS) A local court here Monday sentenced a Sanskrit teacher in a Chandigarh government school and his parents to 18 months’ rigorous imprisonment for harassing his wife for dowry.

Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Anshul Berry found Dharminder Shastri and his parents Bhoop Singh and Chanderpatti guilty of harassing Anjala and sent them to jail.

According to the police, a case was filed against Shastri Jan 15, 2002, on the complaint filed by his wife. Shastri was then posted as a teacher of Sanskrit in the Government School of village Khuda Ali Sher in Chandigarh.

‘Anjala married with Shastri in December 1998. In her complaint, she alleged that just after a few days of the marriage, her husband and in-laws started harassing her to bring more dowry, including a television, a washing machine and cash,’ her counsel said.

Later, the case was handed over to police’s crime against women cell. Anjala was the second wife of Shastri as he had already married Simla Devi in February 1996.

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Gujarat High Court stays Tamang’s report on Ishrat’s encounter

September 10, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Ahmedabad, Sep 10 (ANI): The Gujarat High Court on Thursday stayed a report given by the Metropolitan Judicial Magistrate S.P. Tamang, which had described the encounter of alleged terror operative Ishrat Jahan and three others as “fake.”

Ishrat, was killed on June 15, 2004, along with her partners Javed Ghulam Sheikh alias Pranesh Kumar Pillai, Amjad Ali alias Rajkumar Akbar Ali Rana and Jisan Johar Abdul Gani by the Gujarat Police.

Ishrat who was studying in under graduate course in Mumbai was allegedly involved in a plot to kill Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi.

Tamang’s report, which was made open to media on Monday, described the 2004 killing of college student Ishrat Jahan and three of her friends a “fake encounter”.

The Gujarat Government approached the High Court against Tamang’s report

Acting on the petition of the Narendra Modi led Government, Justice Kalpesh Javheri said the observations made in the report were beyond the jurisdiction of the judicial magistrate.

He also ordered the appropriate authority of the High Court to look into the actions of Tamang and take necessary action.

However, the court has given liberty to Ishrat’s mother to produce the report before the three-member committee constituted by the High Court last month to investigate the encounter.

Justice Javheri also said in his ruling that the committee can consider the report as evidence.

Ahmedabad’s then Assistant Commissioner of Police, (ACP) G.L.Singhal, who was named by the Tamang’s report also approached the Gujarat High Court on Thursday demanding that the report should be declared null and void.

The Court is likely to take up Singhal’s petition by this evening. (ANI)

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Bihar court issues warrant against Bal Thackeray

September 5, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Bhojpur (Bihar), Sep 5 (ANI): A Sub divisional magistrate in Bhojpur in Bihar has issued a non-bailable arrest warrant (NBW) against Shiv Sena chief Balasaheb Thackeray on Friday for his alleged uncharitable and inflammatory remarks against the Biharis.

Thackeray has made these remarks in his one of articles in Shiv Sena’s mouthpiece ‘Samna.’

Judicial Magistrate Rakesh Pati Tiwari issued NBW against Thackeray, after the later failed to appear before him in compliance with his July 7 order.

Earlier on July 7, Judge Tiwari issued a bailable warrant against Thackeray, but Thackeray failed to comply the orders by presenting himself or by his lawyers before the court to explain the stand.

A senior advocate Rajesh Kumar Singh has filed the petition in the court in 2008 accusing Thackeray of making comments against Biharis in his party’s mouthpiece. (ANI)

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Key events in Binayak Sen case since his arrest

May 25, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Raipur, May 25 (IANS) The following is a timeline of events since the May 2007 arrest of civil rights activist Binayak Sen on unproven charges of links with Maoists in Chhattisgarh.

May 14, 2007 – Binayak Sen arrested in Chhattisgarh’s Bilaspur town on charges of acting as a courier between jailed Maoist leader Narayan Sanyal and businessman Piyush Guha, also accused of having links with Maoists.

May 15, 2007 – Sen remanded to judicial custody by a local court. Bail denied.

May 18, 2007 – Sen produced in sessions court. Court orders a search of Sen’s house at Katora Talab in Raipur in presence of independent witnesses and his wife, Ilina Sen. The search was conducted the next day.

May 22, 2007 – Sen produced in sessions court along with Piyush Guha. Judicial remand extended to June 5. Court orders search of Sen’s personal computer.

May 25, 2007 – Sen denied bail again as Chhattisgarh police claim he was a threat to state security.

May 26-June 4, 2007 – Series of rallies and meetings in support of Sen held across India and abroad, including Raipur, Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai London, Boston and New York. Various delegations of physicians and human rights activists meet chief secretary and law secretary to appeal for Sen’s release.

June 5, 2007 – Sen produced in court, rebuts allegations by police.

June 6-June 11, 2007 – Sen’s computer analysed by Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL), Hyderabad in the absence of defence lawyers.

July 23, 2007 – Chhattisgarh High Court rejects Sen’s bail plea after police claim incriminating evidence found in hard disc belonging to him.

Aug 3, 2007 – Police file charge-sheets under the Chhattisgarh Special Public Security Act and Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Satyabhama Dubey against Sen.

Dec 10, 2007 – Sen denied bail by two-judge bench of Supreme Court.

Dec 31, 2007 – Sen awarded R.R. Keithan Gold Medal by the Indian Academy of Social Sciences in recognition of “his outstanding contribution to the advancement of science of Nature-Man-Society for improvement of quality of life of the poor, the downtrodden and the oppressed people of Chhattisgarh”.

March 15-April 11, 2008 – Sen kept in solitary confinement. Prison authorities claim it is for his security.

April 21, 2008 – Sen awarded Jonathan Mann Award by the Global Health Council.

May 30, 2008 – Sen’s trial begins in Raipur.

Aug 11, 2008 – Second bail petition filed in Chhattisgarh High Court in Bilaspur.

May 4, 2009 – Supreme Court issues notice to Chhattisgarh government on Sen’s bail plea. Asks state government to provide “best medical aid” to Sen, who is suffering from a heart ailment.

May 25, 2009 – Sen granted bail by a vacation bench of the Supreme Court comprising Justice Markandey Katju and Justice Deepak Verma.

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Defamation case against Rabri Devi to be heard today

May 13, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Patna, May 13 (ANI): A defamation case against former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi for making inflammatory remarks against Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Janata Dal-United (JD-U) leader Rajiv Ranjan Singh “Lalan” will be heard today.

On May 4, Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM) A K Jha, who heard the matter, had fixed the next date after Rajiv Ranjan Singh failed to appear before the court today because he was sick.

On April 13, Rajiv Ranjan Singh had filed a defamation case against Rabri Devi.

The complaint said such malicious and slanderous statements did not behove a former Chief Minister.

Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate A. K. Jha received the case under Section 499 and 500 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

On April 5, at an election rally in Saran parliamentary constituency, Rabri Devi had allegedly described Nitish Kumar and Lalan as being “brothers-in-law”.

On April 6, senior advocate Ashutosh Ranjan Pandey had filed a petition in the Patna High Court against Rabri Devi, seeking criminal contempt proceedings against her.

He also charged Rabri Devi of scandalizing and lowering the authority of the judiciary.

The JD (U) also urged the Election Commission (EC) to bar Rabri Devi from participating in election campaigns and also asked for a termination of her membership from the Bihar State Assembly. (ANI)

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Defamation case against Rabri Devi to be heard on May 13

May 4, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Patna, May 4 (ANI): A defamation case against former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi for making inflammatory remarks against Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Janata Dal-United (JD-U) leader Rajiv Ranjan Singh ‘Lalan’ will be heard on May 13.

Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM) A K Jha, who heard the matter, fixed the next date after Rajiv Ranjan Singh failed to appear before the court today because he was sick.

On April 13, Rajiv Ranjan Singh had filed a defamation case against Rabri Devi.
The complaint said such malicious and slanderous statements did not behove a former Chief Minister.

Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate A. K. Jha received the case under Section 499 and 500 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

On April 5, at an election rally in Saran parliamentary constituency, Rabri Devi had allegedly described Nitish Kumar and Lalan as being “brothers-in-law”.

On April 6, senior advocate Ashutosh Ranjan Pandey filed a petition in the Patna High Court against Rabri Devi, seeking criminal contempt proceedings against her.

He also charged Rabri Devi of scandalizing and lowering the authority of the judiciary.

The JD (U) also urged the Election Commission (EC) to bar Rabri Devi from participating in election campaigns and also asked for a termination of her membership from the Bihar State Assembly. (ANI)

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ATC extends judicial remand of Mumbai attack suspect by six more days

April 23, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Rawalpindi, Apr.23 (ANI): An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) has extended the judicial remand of one of the Mumbai terror attack suspect Shahid Jamil Riaz by six days.

Riaz, a Laskar-e-Taiyaba (LeT) operative, has been sent to Adiala Jail till April 28.

He was brought to the court by the FIA amid tight security, The Daily Times reported.

FIA’s Investigation Officer Inspector Zahid asked the court to extend Riaz’s remand for further investigations, for which the court agreed.

Earlier, Judicial Magistrate Ahmed Masood Janjua had recorded Riaz’s statement on April 15 and sent him on seven-day remand.

Meanwhile, the court also recorded statement of Investigation Officer Malik Arif in connection with the 2007 Musharraf plane attack case.

Later, the court adjourned the hearing till April 29. (ANI)

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Pakistani ‘confesses’ to role in Mumbai attacks

April 19, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Islamabad, April 16 (IANS) A Pakistani claiming to be a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative has ‘confessed’ to his role in the 26/11 Mumbai carnage, saying four other leaders of the terror group were also involved.

Quoting sources in the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), The News said that Shahid Jamil Riaz who belongs to the LeT had confessed that he and four others had provided transportation facilities, accommodation, Internet and other facilities to the terrorists who had attacked Mumbai.

The four men Riaz has named are LeT commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, its communications specialist Zarar Shah, Hamad Ameen Sadiq and Hamza alias Abu Alqa.

All for are in custody but have not been formally charged with involvement in the Nov 26-29, 2008 Mumbai terror attacks that claimed the lives of over 170 people, including 26 foreigners.

They had been picked up in a crackdown by Pakistani security forces in December 2008 after the UN, acting on US and Indian pressure, proscribed the Jamaat-ud Daawa that the LeT had morphed into after being banned in the wake of the Dec 13, 2001 attack on the Indian parliament that New Delhi blamed on the terror group.

Riaz, who was arrested from Europe last month, is not among the eight men the FIA has charged with their alleged involvement in the Mumbai attacks.

Of the eight, six are in custody and the seventh is at large. The eight is Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone terrorist captured alive during the Mumbai carnage and whose trial has now begun.

Riaz recorded his confession before special judicial magistrate Ahmed Masood Janjua, who sent him to Adiala Jail in the adjacent garrison town of Rawalpindi on 14-day judicial remand.

He was brought to court amidst tight security, with two officials of the Special Investigation Cell (SIC) accompanying him to the magistrate’s chamber, from which the media was banned, for recording his statement.

A junior officer of the interior ministry, meanwhile, rejected Riaz’s confession, saying he had made a statement in court but this could not be termed a confession.

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Pak Mumbai attack suspect confesses providing logistical support to attackers

April 16, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Rawalpindi, Apr.16 (ANI): One of the arrested suspects of the November 2008 Mumbai attacks, Shahid Jamil Riaz, has reportedly confessed to his involvement in providing logistic support to the attackers.

According to The Daily Times, Riaz’s statement was recorded by the Judicial Magistrate Ahmed Masood Janjua.

“Riaz’s statement was recorded under Section 164 of the Pakistan Penal Code, in which he confessed that he and his four accomplices, Hammad Amin Sadiq, Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, Abdul Wajid alias Zarar Shah and Mazhar Iqbal alias Abu Al Qama, assisted the Mumbai attackers and provided them logistic support to carry out the attacks,” sources said.

Riaz, a member of the banned terror outfit Lashkr-e-Taiyaba (LeT) was arrested by Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) last month.

However, Riaz’s counsel said that the court refused to record his client’s confession statement. (ANI)

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