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Delhi blasts accused Salman Ahmad acquitted

By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net,

By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net

New Delhi: In the biggest ever relief to the Azamgarh people, Mohd. Salman, one of the accused in Delhi 2008 serial blasts, was acquitted today by a sessions court in Delhi. He is among two dozen Azamgarh youths picked after Delhi blasts and Batla House encounter.

Delivering the verdict, the Additional Sessions Judge Ms. Santosh Snehi Mann said that there were not enough evidences to prove that Mohd. Salman was behind the serial blasts.

Mohd. Salman who was arrested by Uttar Pradesh ATS on 6th March 2010 for his alleged involvement in Delhi Blasts has been in judicial custody in Tihar Jail since then. Salman was attacked by his fellow inmates in the Tihar jail on August 27, 2010 and there were some controversy about him being a minor.