Aseemanand, 4 Others Charged In Samjhauta Blast Case

After a four-year-long probe, the National Investigation Agency today charged suspected right-wing extremist Swami Aseemanand and four others with triggering explosions in the cross-border Samjhauta Express in 2007 that left 68 people dead.

The NIA is also investigating the role of Hindu activist Sadhvi Pragya Thakur in the case and said she might be arrested.

In the charge sheet filed before the vacation court of Additional District and Sessions Judge Kanchan Mahi, the NIA accused Aseemanand, Sunil Joshi (now dead), Lokesh Sharma, Sandeep Dange and Ramchandra Kalasangra alias Ramji of hatching a criminal conspiracy which resulted in bomb blasts in the train near Panipat on February 18, 2007.

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