A Delhi court on Saturday took cognisance of the 7,500-page Red Fort bomb blast case chargesheet filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in May and fixed the matter for scrutiny of documents for September.
The cognisance was taken by Special Judge Prashant Sharma of Rouse Avenue Courts. A detailed order on cognisance is yet to be passed by the judge. Some of the accused persons arrested in the blast case were allegedly linked to the Al-Falah University in Faridabad, where they either worked or taught. The court last month allowed the NIA to dispose off the body parts of the Red Fort bomb blast deceased victims and alleged suicide bomber Nabi, with dignity and in line with their religious customs.
The court has set the next date of hearing for September 9 when compliance under section 230 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), which pertains to supply of chargesheet and other related documents to the accused, will take place.
NIA has so far filed two chargesheets before the court, which attributed the incident to a conspiracy, allegedly coined “Operation Heavenly Hind” that had purportedly been in preparation since 2022.
Till December last year, the agency arrested nine persons for allegedly conspiring and providing technical and logistical support to Nabi to carry out the attack.
The court was ruling on an application moved by the federal agency, seeking to dispose off the body parts they collected from the spot of the bomb blast as part of case evidence.
