Malegaon blasts case on right track, Government tells Supreme Court
New Delhi, The Union Government in an affidavit filed before the Supreme Court has said that the National Investigation Agency is on the right track in its probe into the Malegaon blasts.
The centre has said that there is no truth that the NIA is going slow in the case while also stating that there was never any pressure on the public prosecutor.
The centre filed a detailed reply in the Supreme Court after it was served notices on the last date of hearing. The Supreme Court is hearing a petition seeking a directive to speed up the Malegaon probe and also ensure a free and fair trial.
Not
going
slow:
The
Union
Government
was
asked
to
file
its
responses
on
these
allegations
made
in
the
petition.
The
government
told
the
Supreme
Court
today
that
there
was
no
truth
in
the
allegation
that
the
NIA
was
going
slow
in
the
case.
Further the Attorney General submitting on behalf of the Government of India also said that the allegation about pressurizing the prosecutor is also wrong.
The AG further submitted that there was no pressure on the Prosecutor Rohini Salian to go slow in the case. She had made these allegations in an interview recently in which she said she was being pressurized to go slow in the Malegaon case.
The
petition:
The
petition
filed
by
activist
and
social
worker,
Harsh
Mander
had
sought
for
a
fair
trial
into
the
Malegaon
blasts
case.
He
had
also
challenged
the
removal
of
the
prosecutor
and
termed
the
move
as
illegal
and
arbitrary
in
nature.
The petition was filed before the Supreme Court after Rohini Salian had told a newspaper that she was being pressurized to go slow in the case. She had accused the NIA of pressurizing her to go soft on the blast accused. The NIA however denied the charge terming it as baseless.
In the petition it was stated that the interference by the state in a judicial process is a violation of fundamental right to free and transparent trial. The duty of the state is to protect its citizens from terror irrespective of where it originates from, the petition also stated.
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