New Delhi--ATTACK: Four explosions, three of these at Hamidia Masjid.
PROBE: Nine Muslim youths arrested by ATS, which chargesheeted them and four absconding accused under MCOCA on December 21, 2006. CBI took over in July 2007, filed a chargesheet against same accused on February 11, 2010. NIA took over on April 6, 2011, after Swami Aseemanand had made a confession in the Mecca Masjid blast case that Sunil Joshi (accused) had told him that the blasts at Malegaon were the handiwork of his men. During the NIA probe, all nine chargesheeted by the ATS and CBI retracted their confessions, alleging they were secured under duress. NIA filed a supplementary chargesheet against four accused, all Hindus, on May 22, 2013, in NIA special court, Mumbai. The nine Muslims moved court and secured bail, unopposed by NIA.
INDIAN EXPRESS
