Malegaon blasts: Muslim organisation moves SC

NEW DELHI: A Muslim organisation on Monday moved Supreme Court with a plea to expedite the CBI probe into the 2006 Malegaon blasts in view of the Maharashtra ATS probe into recent explosions in the city pointing towards the alleged involvement of members of some Hindu outfit.

The petition filed by Jamait Ulama-I-Hind, a socio-religious organisation of Muslims, also sought a judicial inquiry into Nanded blasts of 2006 alleging that the community has always been erroneously targeted in such cases.

The petition filed through advocate Anis Suhrawardy cited incidents of blasts and recovery of explosives since 2001 in Malegaon and Nanded to contend that the people from minority community were made accused in the case wrongly.

The petition referred to the investigations by the Maharashtra ATS into the September 29 Malegaon blast in which the role of serving and retired army officers have come under the scanner.

It said an independent probe was required as before the arrest of members of Hindu outfit, on all earlier blasts across the country, people from Muslim community were indiscriminately taken into custody.

The petition filed by Jamait's President Maulana Arshad Madani alleged that there were incidents of blasts while preparing bombs at Hindu houshold in Malegaon but investigations were not carried into them.

The petitioner also sought that Maharashtra government to make public the report of Justice K N Patil Committee which probed the Malegaon riots of 2001.