Ayodhya attack case hearing tomorrow

Faizabad, Nov 13: The five accused in the attack on the disputed Ram Janmabhoomi complex here on July 5, 2005 will appear in a court here tomorrow.

Earlier, due to local bodies poll, adequate security could not be provided to the accused, following which they failed to appear before District Court Judge O P Shukla on November four.

Meanwhile, 'Nyaymitra' Rajendra Kumar Tiwari refused to take up the case, alleging he was not provided with adequate security.

The court, however, had sent a notice to him and written a letter to the Allahabad High Court, saying if the accused are not provided with a lawyer immediately, the case would be transferred to some other district.

The accused Naeem Ahmed, Asif Iqbal, Shakil Ahmed and Mohd Aziz were arrested in Jammu and Kashmir on July 14 and July 27 last year for providing arms and SIM cards to the terrorists, who stormed the Ram Janmabhoomi complex. The fidayeen were, however, killed by the security forces.

On July 22, Dr Irfan-- a native of Saharanpur district of Uttar Pradesh -- was also nabbed for assisting the four accused arrested from the valley.

UNI