Suspect in Patna explosions released on bail
Patna: A suspect in the October 2013 Patna serial blasts was yesterday released from jail, four days after a court granted him bail, police said.
A designated court here Thursday granted bail to Tabish Niyaz alias Arshad Ansari, a resident of Alauli village in East Champaran district, who was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) soon after the blasts.
The court granted him bail as the NIA failed to file a chargesheet against him within the stipulated 180 days. “Tabish Niyaz was released from the Beur jail in Patna after the concerned court papers reached there,” a police official said.
His parents said their son was innocent and accused the NIA of framing him. “Our son is innocent, he was falsely implicated and jailed for over six months,” they said. Niyaz was one of the 12 suspects arrested so far for the serial blasts ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Lok Sabha election rally.
At least seven people were killed and scores injured when bombs exploded near the rally venue Gandhi Maidan.
Six suspects were arrested from Ranchi, four from Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh and two from Chhattisgarh capital Raipur. All 12 were lodged in Beur jail.
Though Niyaz was not named in the police complaint filed in the case, the NIA said he was one of the main accused.
He was also said to be a member of the Indian Mujahideen and was allegedly associated for three years with another accused Haider alias “Black Beauty”.
Modi’s first budget likely on July 10
New Delhi: The first general budget of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government is likely to be presented July 10, sources said yesterday.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is likely to present the union budget July 10, three days after the budget session of parliament begins. According to the sources, the budget session of parliament will begin July 7.
The rail budget will be presented July 8 followed by the release of the Economic Survey on July 9. Approval for the vote-on-account sought by the previous government ends July 31.
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