Ayodhya attack case hearing posted to Nov 25

Faizabad, Nov 14 (UNI) The five accused in the July 2005 Ram Janmabhoomi complex attack case will appear in the court on November 25.

Public Prosecutor O P Sinha said the hearing was posted to a later date as '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.

Earlier due to the local bodies poll, adequate security could not be provided to the accused, following which they failed to appear before the District Court Judge R P Shukla on November 4.

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 five 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.

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