7 accused in killing of Moulana Shoukat acquitted
7 accused in killing of Moulana Shoukat acquitted
Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Dec 11: A local court today acquitted seven persons accused of involvement in the killing of former Jamiat-e-Alhadith president, Moulana Showkat Ahmad Shah, a decade ago and dismissed the challan against them on the ground that the prosecution has miserably failed to prove offence against them.
Additional Sessions Judge Ashwani Kumar Sharma designated under NIA Act Srinagar while closing the trial of the case against all the accused persons and dismissing the challan of prosecution against them recorded that the prosecution has miserably failed to fully establish the commission of murder of Moulvi Showkat Shah by these persons by allegedly hatching criminal conspiracy.
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.