“Lieutenant Colonel Purohit was not involved in the
Samjhauta express blast case. No evidence has been found against him and not
involved in case,” said Sharad Kumar Director General of National Investigation
Agency (NIA).
"No change has been made in the chargesheet in
Samjhauta express blast case, inquiry is going on smoothly," Sharad Kumar
told ANI.
Lieutenant Colonel Shrikant Purohit was one of the main
accused in the Samjhauta and Malegaon blasts cases and he has been in jail for
over seven years without bail.
On April 4, Colonel Purohit has written a letter to Defence Minister
Manohar Parrikar requesting restoration of his honour. He also claimed that he
was falsely implicated and has been behind the bars for over seven years now.
The case pertains to a criminal conspiracy, which resulted
in bomb blasts in the Samjhauta Express train near Panipat in Haryana on 18, February
2007.
The blast and the consequent fire in the train resulted in
the loss of 68 lives and injuries to 12 train passengers including women and
children travelling in the train.
(ANI)
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