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Burdwan blast accused remanded to 10-day NIA custody

Source: PTI
November 05, 2014 16:24 IST
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A city court on Wednesday remanded Burdwan blast accused Abdul Hakim to 10 days' National Investigation Agency custody after he was produced before it following his release from hospital, where he was undergoing treatment for injuries suffered during the blast.

Chief judge, city sessions court, M Mumtaz Khan granted Hakim's custody to the NIA until November 14, following a prayer by the agency for 15 days' custody so that it can interrogate him in connection with the blast.

The other three arrested in connection with the case -- Hasem Mollah, Rajia Bibi and Alima Bibi -- were remanded to judicial custody till November 20 on a prayer by the NIA counsel.

Hakim was released from the state-run SSKM Hospital on Wednesday after being treated for splinter injuries.The other three were already in judicial custody. Two persons were killed in the accidental blast in a house at Khagragarh in Burdwan district on October 2 while hand grenades were being manufactured there, leading to the unearthing of an international terror racket.

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