Remand of Nazeer, 8 others extended

Kochi, June 30: A CBI special court, hearing terror related cases probed by the NIA in Kerala, today extended till July 15 the remand of suspected Lashkar operative T Nazeer and eight others.

All the accused were brought to the NIA court with their faces covered and with sufficient police protection as directed by the court earlier.

Accepting an application from NIA, the court also declared two of the accused — Mohammed Asher and K P Yusuf — now in Gulf, as proclaimed offenders in the Kozhikode blast case of 2006.

–Agencies