A special court of the National Investigation Agency in Jaipur, on 25 September, found, Assemanand, the key accused of the 2007 Ajmer Dargah Blast case, and six others guilty under different sections of the Indian Penal Code. Apart from Aseemanad, other accused are Devendra Gupta, Lokesh Sharma, Chandrashekher Leve, Bharat Mohan Rateshwar, Jarshad Bhjai and Mukesh Wasani who have been charged under sections 302 (murder) and 307 (attempt to murder) of IPC. They have also been booked under the Explosives Act for carrying out an explosion at the Dargah to create terror and under the Unlawful Activities Act for causing communal disharmony and waging a war against the State.
The blast at Ajmer Dargah in 2007 had claimed three lives and left more than 20 injured. Earlier, the local police had nabbed some Muslim youths for the causality. Subsequently, the investigation was transferred to NIA in 2011 and it came up with a report earlier this year.


