89-yr-old father of German Bakery blast accused dies

The High Court had acquitted him of all terror charges, but found him guilty of the charge of possession of explosives. The High Court has acquitted him on all five counts of death and four counts of life imprisonment — confirming only a life term under Section 5(b) of the ESA.

Baig’s family and many activists allege that ATS had “framed Baig as it failed to find the real perpretrators” in the case. They also cite the fact that both Delhi Police and National Investigation Agency (NIA), who have arrested alleged terror operatives linked to German Bakery blast case, did not name Baig as having any role in the blast.

“Inayat Baig was very passionate about the legal battle, which is before the Supreme Court now. He was confident that his son will emerge taintless at the end of it. He would tell me that the day Supreme Court acquitted him, he will take his son on a tour of Beed and tell everyone that his son was not a terrorist. It’s a sad day that the SC judgment did not come till he was alive,” said Anjum Indamdar, a Pune-based activist, who is close to the family.