Jama Masjid blast case: Court orders framing of charges against Yasin Bhatkal

NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Tuesday ordered framing of charges against Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative Yasin Bhatkal and 10 others accused in the 2010 Jama Masjid blast case.
The court, however, discharged three co-accused for lack of evidence against them. Additional Sessions Judge Sidharth Sharma discharged Syed Ismail Affaque, Abdus Saboor and Riyaz Ahmad Sayeedi, who were named in the charge sheet by the police.
Bhatkal, co-founder of the terrorist outfit Indian Mujahideen, is on trial for four separate terror cases.
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Additional Sessions Judge Sidharth Sharma had reserved order on July 18 after concluding the hearing of arguments on charges in the cases.
Bhatkal, his aide Asadullah Akhtar, and other IM operatives are facing trial in various terror cases, including 2010 Jama Masjid attack and 2008 serial blasts cases. He was awarded the death penalty by a Special NIA Court in December last year in a case related to the 2013 Hyderabad bomb blasts, which had claimed 18 lives.
On September 19, 2010, two bikers had fired at tourists at a gate of Jama Masjid in Old Delhi. Two Taiwanese visitors were injured. Also, there was a mild explosion from a bomb fitted in a car left in that area.
(With inputs from Agencies)