Sarojini Nagar blast case: custody of accused extended

New Delhi, Nov 3 (UNI) A local court today granted extension of custody of Tariq Ahmed Dar, deported by Bangladesh, and accused in last year's Sarojini Nagar bomb blast.

Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sanjiv Jain allowed the petition of Delhi Police, seeking an extension in order to confront Dar with documents.

However, the lawyer representing him claimed that it was a case of mistaken identity, and his client was innocent.

''A person called Tariq Ahmed Dar has already been in jail,'' the lawyer alleged, adding that his client, who had also same name, is native of Delhi and had made a carrer in modelling in Bangladesh.

Because of his name, the Bangladesh authorities deported him to India suspecting his role in the Sarojini Nagar blast case on Diwali-eve last year,'' he added.

The police arrested Dar on October 25 on his arrival.

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