M'shtra: MCOCA court may frame charges on Jul 30

Mumbai, July 29: The Maharashtra Control for Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court is likely to frame charges tomorrow, against the 13 accused involved in the serial train blasts in the megapolis on July 11 last year.

Prosecution has already started explaining the charges levelled against the accused to the court from Friday. After finishing the explanation, MCOCA Judge Mridula Bhatkar will frame the charges.

The accused are Kamal Ansari, Dr Tanvir Ansari, Faisal Sheikh, Ehtesjham Siddique, Mohammed Majid Shafi, Mohammed Ali Aslam Sheikh, Mohammed Sajid, Abdul Wahiduddin, Muzammil Sheikh, Sohail Sheikh, Zameer Sheikh, Naveed Hussain and Asif Khan Basir Khan.

The prosecution's contention is that the accused had allegedly executed a plan to explode seven bombs simultaneously on the suburban locals of Western Railway (WR) on July 11 last year.

These bombs exploded at seven different places in a span of 11 minutes between 1824 hrs and 1835 hrs. The blasts had killed more than 188 people and injured over 700.

On November 30 last year, the prosecution had filed a chargesheet running over 10,000 pages against the 13 accused, who are presently in judicial custody. The Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) had also filed a supplementary chargesheet against all the accused on April 9 this year.

UNI