Hyderabad: The NIA special court has differed it’s verdict in 2013 Dilsukhnagar twin blasts case till December 13.
The trial of the case has recently concluded in the Special Court for NIA cases within the premises of Cherlapally Central jail.
Seventeen persons and an unborn child lost their lives and 133 persons suffered injuries in the twin blasts engineered by Indian Mujahideen (IM) operatives at Dilsukhnagar in February.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has conducted the probe and named six persons as accused. Of the six accused, main accused Riyaz Bhatkal alias Shah Riyaz Ahmad Mohammed Ismail Shahbandari is absconding.
The agency has split the case and charges were framed against the five other accused Asadullah Akhtar alias Haddi, Yasin Bhatkal alias Mohammed Ahmed Siddibappa, Tahseen Akhtar alias Monu, Zia ur Rehman alias Waqas, a Pakistan national, and Ajaz Shaikh under under sections 18 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act 1967 r/w 10, 16, 17, 19, 20 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act 1967, Section 120-B of the IPC r/w sections 302, 307, 324, 326, 316, 121, 121A, 122, 474 and 466 of the IPC.
The NIA has produced 158 witnesses, seized 201 pieces of material evidence and furnished over 500 documents before the court.
The arguments concluded in the case before the special NIA court at the Cherlapally central prison on Monday, where the five accused were currently lodged. “The NIA special court has deffered its judgement till December 13” NIA special public prosecutor K Surender told.