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Samjhauta Express blast: Indian agency nabs a key suspect |
2012-12-16 |
[Dawn] In a major breakthrough in the 2007 Samjhauta Express blast case, the Indian authorities on Saturday placed in durance vilePlease don't kill me! Rajesh Chaudhary, suspected to have planted bombs in a Pakistain-bound train, Press Trust of India reported. Rajesh Chaudhary alias Samundar was arrested from Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh. There was a bounty of Rs 500,000 on his head also. The blast, in 2007 had left nearly 70 dead and 100 injured -- most of them Paks. The National Intelligence Agency (NIA) has already charged Aseemanand, Sunil Joshi (now dead), Lokesh Sharma, Dange alias Parmanand and Kalasangra for hatching a criminal conspiracy which resulted in blasts in the Samjhauta Express near Deewana railway station in Haryana's Panipat district, about 80 km from Delhi. |
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