PDP leader Abdul Nasser Madani, an accused in the 2008 Bangalore blasts case, on Monday submitted in a Bangalore court that the entire case against him was "based on suspicion and politically motivated".
Kerala-based Peoples Democratic Party leader Abdul Nasser Madani finds himself in political isolation with mainstream parties in the state keeping away from him, despite past dalliance with him, after he was chargesheeted in the Bengaluru blasts case.
The wife of PDP leader Abdul Nasser Madani, Soofiya Madani, arrested in connection with the Tamil Nadu bus burning case, was on Wednesday granted conditional bail by a court in Kochi, Kerala.
Kerala government on Friday said the arrest warrant against Peoples Democratic Party leader Abdul Nasser Madani, an accused in the Bengaluru serial bomb blasts case, will be executed by Karnataka police at an 'appropriate time' after the ongoing visit of President Pratibha Patil.
It had been reported in a section of the media Madani and his wife had links with some extremist elements, who were shot dead by the army in Kashmir .It may be recalled that four youths from Kerala were killed I an encounter while they were trying to cross the border into Pakistan.
Kerala-based People's Democratic Party leader Abdul Nasser Madani, arrested in connection with the 2008 Bangalore serial bomb blasts, has petitioned President Pranab Mukherjee for an investigation by a team of 'honest officers' into charges against him and clear his name if found innocent.
The Karnataka High Court reserved its orders on a petition filed by arrested PDP leader Abdul Nasser Madani praying for quashing of the charge sheet filed against him in connection with the 2008 Bengaluru serial blasts. During a hearing on the petition which came up before Justice Subhash B Adi, Special Public Prosecutor H S Chandramouli opposed the plea contending that there was enough evidence against Madani for his complicity in the blasts.
Madani arrest was imminent after the Karnataka high court rejected his anticipatory bail plea.
The Bangalore police will seek the custody of Soofiya Madani, wife of Kerala-based Islamic leader Abdul Nasser Madani, in relation with the Bangalore blasts case.
Kerala-based People's Democratic Party leader Abdul Nasser Madani finds himself isolated, with mainstream parties in the state keeping away from him, despite past association, after he was named in the 2008 Bangalore blasts case.
Kerala-based People's Democratic Party leader Abdul Nasser Madani has moved the Supreme Court seeking a stay on his arrest in connection with 2008 Bengaluru serial blasts case. Madani has sought anticipatory bail which was rejected by the Karnataka High Court on August 3. The petition is likely to be listed for mentioning on Tuesday, his advocate Adolf Mathew said.
Karnataka Government on Friday told the Supreme Court that People's Democratic Party leader Abdul Nasser Madani, a key accused in the Bangalore bomb blast case, could pose a major threat to national security if released on bail.
Madani has asked for ayurvedic treatment to be provided to him.
"We are in close touch with Karnataka police. Madani will be arrested at the appropriate time. There is no confusion on his arrest between us," Kerala DGP Jacob Punnose told reporters at nearby Aluva.
The Bengaluru police have found concrete proof about the involvement of People's Democratic Party leader Abdul Nasser Madani in planning the serial blasts in Bengaluru that claimed two lives on July 25, 2008.According to the charge-sheet filed by the city police, Madani attended a very crucial meeting along with terror suspect T Nasir at a place in Coorg, 250 kms away from Bengaluru, to plan the serial blasts.
Facing arrest in the 2008, Bengaluru serial blasts case, PDP leader Abdul Nasser Madani said he would surrender before the nearest court "in the coming days", the date for which would be announced on Monday.
People's Democratic Party leader Abdul Nasser Madani, who is facing arrest for his alleged role in the Bengaluru blasts case, on Tuesday claimed that he was innocent.Addressing a press conference in Kollam, Madani said, "I have no connection with the Bengaluru blasts."He said he was ready to surrender to the police and "my next move will be only according to the law".He added that he had full faith in the judiciary.
Striking a different note from Karnataka Home Minister V S Acharya, Bengaluru police on Wednesday said the role of Peoples Democratic Party leader Abdul Nasser Madani, an accused in the 2008 serial bomb blasts in Bengaluru, has 'not been proven' so far in the twin explosions near a cricket stadium early this year.
The PDP leader, who was arrested from his orphanage-cum-madrassa complex earlier in the day, was brought to Bangalore from Thiruvanathapuram in a private airline flight amid heavy police security, with Joint Commissioner of Crime Alok Kumar and Assistant Commissioner of Police Omkaraiah escorting him.
People's Democratic Party leader Abdul Nasser Madani was arrested by the Karnataka police in Kollam, Kerala on Tuesday for his alleged role in the Bengaluru blasts. Earlier, while addressing a press conference, Madani had said, "I have no connection with the Bengaluru blasts."He said he was ready to surrender to the police and "my next move will be only according to the law". He added that he had full faith in the judiciary.
Chairman of the People's Democratic Party and an accused in the Bengaluru serial blasts Abdul Nasser Madani is planning to move the Supreme court after his anticipatory bail application was rejected by the Karnataka high court on Tuesday.
People's Democratic Party leader Abdul Nasser Madani on Thursday claimed he was a victim of "deep-rooted conspiracy" by his adversaries, including intelligences agencies, to implicate him in the 2008 Bangalore blasts case.
Controversial People's Democratic Party leader Abdul Nasser Madani has accused the Left Democratic Front government in Kerala of playing into the hands of the Opposition Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party in the case related to the arrest of his wife, Sufiya Madhani.
The arrest came after the Kerala High Court rejected an anticipatory bail plea moved by Sufiya. Sufiya was named as the 10th accused by the Kerala Police recently after the interrogation of suspected Lashkar-e-Tayiba terrorist Thadiyantavida Naseer, who was picked up by the Bangladesh Rifles along with an associate and handed over to Indian security agencies.
Abdul Nasser Madani, chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, who is facing an imminent arrest in the 2008 Bengaluru blast case claimed that the National Investigating Agency (NIA) and the Intelligence Bureau (IB) have hatched a conspiracy to finish him off politically. Madani spoke to rediff.com's Arun Lakshman from Anwarassery,in Kerala's Kollam district on Wednesday.
The Supreme Court directed Kerala-based People's Democratic Party leader Abdul Nasser Madani, an accused in 2008 Bengaluru serial blasts case, to apply for a regular bail, as he has already been arrested, on Tuesday.
Kerala-based People's Democratic Party leader Abdul Nasser Madani has a tough task ahead of him as he knocks on the doors of the Karnataka high court seeking bail in the 2008 Bengaluru blasts case. The Karnataka high court posted to Thursday for arguments, the bail plea of Madani. But with the Karnataka police building a watertight case against Madani getting bail is going to be no cakewalk.
The arrest or surrender of People's Democratic Party leader Abdul Nasser Madani in the Bengaluru blasts case is expected to take place on Tuesday as the deadline for the execution of the warrant issued by a local court is set to expire by today evening. Political pressure is also mounting on Kerala's Left Democratic Front government to facilitate the Karnataka police to carry out the legal process.
The Bengaluru police will have to pull out a couple of new tricks if they have to carry forward the interrogation of Abdul Nasser Madani, who has been arrested in connection with the Bengaluru serial blasts case. Sources in the team which is interrogating him told rediff.com that Madani has consistently denied having any knowledge of the blasts.
A court here on Monday directed the police to produce Kerala-based People's Democratic Party leader Abdul Nasser Madani before it on October 29 in a case relating to recovery of a bomb in 2002.
In a new twist to the burning of a Tamil Nadu state-owned bus near Kochi in September 2005, Soofiya Madani, wife of Peoples Democratic Party leader Abdul Nasser Madani, was on Friday listed as an accused in the case, even as the Kerala high court declined to grant anticipatory bail to her. Assistant Commissioner of Police P M Varghese, who is heading the investigation in the case, filed a report in the Aluva Judicial First Class magistrate court today.
We have the investigation report, which he himself has signed, Bangalore cops say, adding that Nasir has stated very clearly that he had met Madani at Suntikoppa in Karnataka where the serial blasts were being planned.
Justice V Jagannathan, while rejecting the plea, observed that granting Madani bail would put the security of the state and the nation at risk.
The Karnataka government charged the Kerala government with not extending co-operation to facilitate Madani's arrest in the Bengaluru blasts case in which he is listed as an accused.
Prohibitory orders were clamped in and around the camp of People's Democratic Party leader Abdul Nasser Madani at Anwarssery near Kollam on Saturday as tension prevailed with a large number of his supporters gathering there anticipating his arrest in connection with the Bengaluru serial blasts case.
Claiming that the People's Democratic Party has no links with extremist elements, its chairman Abdul Nasser Madani on Saturday charged the Muslim League (ML) and BJP with carrying out a 'misinformation campaign' against his party to gain political mileage.
The Bengaluru police are probing the involvement of controversial People's Democratic Party leader Abdul Nasser Madani in the serial blasts that rocked the city in July 2008.The police are waiting to interrogate the PDP leader, who has been admitted to a hospital at Kannur in Kerala, to get more information.Sources in the Bengaluru police told rediff.com that they suspect a strong link between the PDP chief and terror suspect Nasir alias Haji Umar, who also hails from Kannur.
The Supreme Court on Thursday sought Karnataka government's response on the bail plea of People's Democratic Party leader Abdul Nasser Madani, an accused in 2008 Bangalore serial blasts case, with the presiding judge wondering how a wheel chair-bound person could pose a threat if released on bail.
The Aluva magistrate court in Kerala has directed the police to conduct a detailed investigation on the role played by the wife of the PDP leader Abdul Nasser Madani in in the Kalamassery bus burning incident a couple of years ago.
Holding that there was a prima facie case against Peoples Democratic Party leader Abdul Nasser Madani, the Karnataka High Court dismissed a criminal petition filed by him on Thursday, seeking quashing of a charge sheet regarding the 2008 Bengaluru serial blasts case.
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