Court rejects bail plea of three 2008 serial blast accused

A special court here has rejected regular bail plea of three accused in the July 26, 2008 serial blasts in the city that had claimed 57 lives.

Judge BJ Dhandha, presiding over the case, however, kept the order on the bail plea of one more accused in the case pending.

The Court today rejected the bail plea of 2008 serial blasts accused, Ummar Kabira, Naved Kadri and Salim Sipahi, while kept Hasib Raza's plea pending, on which, orders would be passed later.

While the four accused had contended that there was no evidence against them and they had no role to play in the terror conspiracy, the state government had opposed their plea contending that the four were a part of the terror conspiracy that triggered over 20 synchronised bomb blasts across the city on July 26, 2008.

Raza had defended himself, while the other three accused were represented by Aziz Alvi, who argued that there was no evidence against his clients being part of terror conspiracy.

He had further argued that there was no recovery or discovery from his clients that could prove their involvement in serial blasts.

Raza argued that his role, was limited to giving shelter to absconding accused Abdus Subhan Tauqueer and others, and was nowhere connected to the terror conspiracy.