Srinagar: A Special NIA Court at Srinagar acquitted six persons of the charges of murder of Moulvi Showkat Ahmad Shah, president of Jamiat-ul-Ahl-i-Hadees who was killed in an IED blast in 2009 while he was on his way to lead congregational prayers in Maisuma, Srinagar.
Judge Ashwani Kumar Sharma while setting free the six persons, namely, Nisar Ahmad khan, Abdul Gani Dar, Javed Ahmad Munshi, Abdul Majid Dar Almadni, Gulzar Khan, and Riyaz Ahmad Shah, recorded that a terror strike indeed took place with the use of an IED to kill Moulvi Showkat Ahmad Shah, but who carried out the terror strike and who blasted the IED had not been established before the court by the prosecution.