The lawyer said that CBI failed to present evidence against Abdul Karim Tunda in the 1993 blast case.
Jaipur:
BJP MP Ghanshyam Tiwari on Thursday said the Rajasthan government has urged the Center to ask the CBI to file an appeal challenging its decision to acquit Abdul Karim Tunda in the 1993 serial blasts case.
Speaking to ANI on Thursday, Mr Tiwari said, “The case was investigated by the CBI and it was their lawyer who argued for the agency during the hearing of the case. The Rajasthan government has nothing to do with the case- “However, in the interest of justice, the state government and Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma today urged the Central government to ask the CBI to file an appeal in the case.”
A Terrorist and Disruptive Activities Act (TADA) court on Thursday acquitted Abdul Karim Tunda, the key accused in the 1993 serial bomb blasts case, citing lack of evidence.
Tunda’s lawyer Shafqat Sultani said that the CBI failed to present any solid evidence against Tunda.
“Abdul Karim Tunda is innocent. He has been acquitted of all charges. The CBI prosecutor has not presented any concrete evidence before the court in the TADA, IPC, Railways Act, Arms Act or Explosives case,” the court said in its judgment today. Could.” Substance Act,” lawyer Sultani, representing the defendant, told reporters.
The BJP had earlier accused the Congress of ‘appeasement’ after the acquittal of the accused in the 2008 Jaipur serial blasts case.
On May 13, 2008, more than 80 people were killed and more than 183 were injured in the Jaipur bomb blasts. There were eight explosions in the city that day, sending a wave of shock across the country.
The CBI had accused Tunda of being the mastermind of the four train blasts on the first anniversary of the Babri Masjid demolition in 1992.
“We have been saying from the beginning that Abdul Karim Tunda is innocent. Irfan and Hameeduddin have been convicted and will be sentenced soon,” the lawyer said.
against Tunda and two other accused, identified as Irfan alias Pappu and Hamiruddin, for carrying out blasts in Lucknow, Kanpur, Hyderabad, Surat and Mumbai on the intervening night of December 5-6, 1993. Charges were framed.
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