Ahmedabad, January 15: CBI’s Special Investigation Team (SIT) will question nine youths arrested in connection with the 2006 Malegaon mosque blast. The questioning will be based on Samjhauta blast suspect Swami Aseemanand’s statement.
The CBI, however, has not taken cognizance of an affidavit filed by one of the nine Muslim youth about the conspiracy.
On Thursday, an MCOCA court in Mumbai had allowed CBI to ”reopen and reinvestigate the case following ”fresh disclosures” made by Aseemanand in his confession.
CBI’s probe findings and Aseemanand’s confession contradict each other. Earlier, Maharashtra ATS and CBI had said the bombs were manufactured by two Pakistani nationals. One of them was identified as Muzammil.
The police had claimed the RDX bombs were planted by suspects — Mohammed Zahid, Noor-ul-Huda, Abrar Ahmed and Raees Ahmed. They were arrested in the case.
Aseemanand, however, said in his confession that the bombs were made and planted by slain RSS pracharak, Sunil Joshi.
According to the chargesheet, the Malegaon boys hatched the conspiracy for the blasts in July 2006. Aseemanand though said they plotted the blast in Gujarat in June 2006.
–Agencies