With the CBI making no headway in tracking down the two prime accused in the 2007 Makka Masjid bomb blast case, the probe agency on September 14 sought more time from the court for completing investigation and filing charge sheet in the case against the duo. In a petition filed before Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court, the CBI sought an additional 90 days to file a charge sheet against the accused. The CBI, which is probing the blast, has so far named five persons, all allegedly having links with a Hindutva outfit, as the accused in the case. It had brought two Ajmer blast suspects, Devender Gupta and Lokesh Sharma to Hyderabad on June 17 as part of the investigation. Both are presently under judicial remand in the city. The CBI has named Sandeep Dange and Rama Chandra Kalsangra alias Ramji, both natives of Indore in Madhya Pradesh as the prime accused in the case, but the duo continue to remain elusive till date. Another accused Sunil Joshi was shot dead by three unidentified gunmen on December 29, 2007 near his house at Dewas in Madhya Pradesh. “The two absconding accused are yet to be apprehended and a manhunt that was commenced some two months ago is being continued in concert with other state and central agencies across several state jurisdiction,” the CBI said in its petition. The CBI in its petition claimed that the accused are connected with an organisation having nation-wide network of influential persons and in spite of the best concerted multi- agency, multi-dimensional efforts to track down the accused, it has so far not been able to apprehend them.
MAKKA MASJID BOMB BLAST ACCUSED STILL AT LARGE
With the CBI making no headway in tracking down the two prime accused in the 2007 Makka Masjid bomb blast case, the probe agency on September 14 sought more time from the court for completing investigation and filing charge sheet in the case against the duo.
