Delhi blast suspects brought to capital

September 21st, 2011 - 11:07 pm ICT by IANS  

New Delhi, Sep 21 (IANS) Three people arrested in Jammu and Kashmir for the Sep 7 Delhi High Court blast were brought here Wednesday by a National Investigation Agency (NIA) team, police said.

Shariq Ahmed, Abid Hussain and Amir Abbas Dev were brought here on transit remand by the NIA team led by Deputy Inspector General Mukesh Singh.

The accused are expected to be presented in the Patiala House district courts, where the NIA is likely seek their remand for further probe.

Jammu and Kashmir Police personnel also accompanied the three accused.

At least 15 people were killed in the blast.

Dev, arrested by NIA Sep 16, was remanded in police custody for seven days, while Ahmed and Hussain were arrested Sep 13 and were sent to police custody for 10 days.

The accused have been booked under Sections 120-B (criminal conspiracy), 153-A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race or language and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony) and 134-A (attack on government servant on duty) of the Indian Penal Code.

The NIA has announced a reward of Rs.10 lakh for anybody giving information about the perpetrators of the blast.

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