Delhi bomb blasts: Police files statement of Rafiq

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New Delhi, Mar 13: Delhi Police today filed the supplementary statement of prime accused Rafiq Shah in the October 29 Govindpuri blast case.

The next date of hearing in the case is March 24, when all the accused will be given a copy of the chargesheet.

Last week, the Delhi Police filed the chargesheet in the case.

The statement of an eyewitness, on whose testimony the sketch of Rafiq Shah had been drawn, was recorded in the court of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) before the chargesheet was filed in the case.

On March 1, Delhi Police had moved an application before the CMM, seeking permission to record the statement of the key witness even before the chargesheet had been filed in the case.

The Delhi Police necessitated this action so that the statement had legal sanctity and the witness could be prosecuted even if he retracted his statement.

Three blasts, at Paharganj, Sarojini Nagar and Govindpuri, rocked Delhi on the eve of Diwali last year, killing more than 60 people and injuring over 200.

Four FIRs, one for each blast and one under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, have been filed in the case.

On January 21, the city police had filed a chargesheet against Tariq Ahmed Dar, Gulam Ahmed Khan, Farooq Ahmed and 39 others relating to the fourth FIR in the October 29 serial bomb blast case under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act.

Special Cell of the Delhi Police charged Dar, Mohd Hussain Fazli and Rafiq Shah with murder, attempt to murder, conspiracy to wage war against the State and various provisions of Unlawful Assembly Act, holding them responsible for the Sarojini Nagar blast.

UNI

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