By IANS,
New Delhi : A Delhi court Friday granted police additional time for the probe in the Feb 13 Israeli embassy car bombing case and dismissed the bail plea of apprehended journalist Syed Mohammad Kazmi.
Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vinod Yadav allowed a fresh application of the prosecution seeking additional time for the probe.
Public Prosecutor Rajiv Mohan told the court that the extension of the period of investigation will help police to unearth the conspiracy, as well as helping the accused to find out his innocence in the case. Kazmi’s counsel Mehmood Pracha appreciated the submission but opposed the plea.
While seeking the extension, police said that conspiracy behind the Feb 13 Israeli embassy car bombing here had an international link.
According to sources, police told the court that they were collecting information about Iranian suspect Houshang Afshar Irani.
Police claimed Irani was in contact with Kazmi and had links to a similar blast in an official Israeli vehicle in Tbilisi in Georgia that also took place Feb 13, sources said.
Kazmi was arrested March 6 for his alleged involvement in the bombing.
Four people were injured when an Israeli embassy car was struck by a bomb. Tal Yehoshua Koren, 42, wife of Israeli defence attache Colonel Yossi Refaelov, suffered multiple injuries when a motorcycle rider attached a magnetic explosive device to her car and sped away.