NIA court reserves Samjhauta blast case verdict

IANS  |  Panchkula (Haryana) 

A special National Investigating Agency (NIA) court here on Monday reserved its verdict in the February 2007 link train blast in which 68 people, mostly Pakistani nationals, were killed.

The court reserved its judgment till March 14 after a fresh petition from a Pakistani national on Monday.

The had in January 2014 framed charges against Hindu leader and three others - Kamal Chauhan, and - in the case.

All accused were present in the

The blast on February 18, 2007 in the train, which runs between and Lahore, at Haryana's Panipat left 68 people - 43 Pakistanis, 10 Indians and 15 unidentified - dead. As many as 64 were passengers, and the other four were railway officials. A dozen people, including 10 Pakistanis, were also injured.

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First Published: Mon, March 11 2019. 17:28 IST