Property case against Delhi blast accused in legal web

Ariz’s aunt Anjum Sahar and Shahzad’s grandfather Niyaz Ahmed had moved separate applications before the Additional Chief Metropolitan court Delhi on April 25 against the order for attaching the property passed by the court on April 20. They had also raised objections over the move of the Delhi Crime Branch,which had demanded the attachment of property,stating that the accused do not own the properties at the addresses mentioned in the order.

Magistrate Naveen Arora accepted the applications and asked the Delhi crime branch to verify the documents of the ownership of properties and submit the report before the court by June 4.

Two days ago,the Azamgarh police received a letter (123/ISC-2932,May 16) from Additional Commissioner of Police,Crime Branch,Delhi requesting to verify the documents and send before June 4.

Additional Superintendent of Police (City) of Azamgarh OP Srivastava has been given the task to verify the documents.

Ariz’s uncle Fakhr-e-Alam,whose wife has moved the court,said,“The boy had stayed at our house (Mohalla Baz Bahadur) only for four years,when he was studying here. The police procured the attachment order for our address. Ariz belongs to Nasirpur village,over 20 km away from the Azamgarh city.”

Shahzad’s 80-year-old grandfather Niyaz Ahmed has also objected to the Delhi police move,claiming that the property at the mentioned address is owned by him.

Alam said the local police were yet to visit his house to verify the details.

The Delhi police had announced a reward of Rs 1 lakh on 12 Indian Mujahideen operatives wanted in Delhi blast case. Of these,nine belong to Azamgarh and only one of them — Hakim — has been arrested so far. He was caught by

the UP ATS in Lucknow on January 2.

The letter sent by the Additional CP Delhi Crime Branch stated that Ariz and Shahzad are those accused,who had managed to escape from the L-18 Batla House during the encounter in September last year.