Terror Cases Hogged Limelight In Delhi Courts In 2013

The courts also heard several other sensational terror cases, including 2012 Israeli diplomat attack case in which journalist Syed Mohammed Ahmed Kazmi is facing prosecution.

Delhi Police faced the ire of the court in a case in which the judge acquitted two suspected HM terrorists, Javed Ahmed Tantray and Ashiq Ali Bhatt, arrested for allegedly plotting terror strikes ahead of Independence Day in 2009 at the instance of HM chief Syed Salahuddin.

The court came down heavily on the investigators in the case, saying the entire case was planted.

At the fag end of the year, two terrorists of LeT's Mewat module were arrested by special cell for allegedly conspiring to carry out terror strikes in the national capital.

In 2013, the court also commenced the trial against Wasim Akram Malik, arrested for his alleged role in September 2011 Delhi High Court blast, by recording statements of prosecution witnesses including co-accused-turned-approver Amir Abbas Dev.

The blast at the high court's reception on September 7, 2011 had killed 15 people and left over 70 injured.

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