Court extends custody of 26 blast accused till Oct 31

included Mufti Mohammad Abu Bashr, Sajid Mansuri and Safdar Nagori were sent to police custody in connection with the blast that had taken place near a temple in Narol. The case was registered with the Danilimda police station.

Earlier on Thursday, lawyers representing the accused had walked out of the courtroom, alleging the court had not let them complete their arguments.

They had also filed a joint application, demanding that they be permitted to meet the accused in the absence of police. Metropolitan Magistrate G M Patel had rejected this application.

The other four accused, including Mehandi Hasan and Atiz-Ur-Rehman, who were first arrested by the Rajasthan Police in connection with the Jaipur serial blasts, have been taken into custody in connection with the case registered with the Maninagar police station.

Four blasts, including the one at the L G Hospital had taken place in the Maninagar area of the city.

The Ahmedabad City Detection of Crime Branch (DCB), the investigating agency, has stated in its remand application that the custody of the accused in the Danilimda case was necessary to present them before eye-witnesses for identification.

The police said that by way of an identification parade before eyewitnesses they were looking to pin down the persons who had planted the bombs at various places.

The DCB has also stated that details of the bicycles used to plant bombs are yet to be found from the accused.