Seeking legal view to free accused: CM

The Special Task Force had arrested two of the alleged HuJI militants in December 2007

The Uttar Pradesh government has sought legal opinion to withdraw terror cases against accused of November 23,2007 serial blasts cases on the Faizabad and Lucknow courts premises,Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav said on Sunday.

Based on the promises made in election manifesto,that freedom would be granted to falsely implicated Muslim youths under terror charges,we have sought legal opinion for the release of the accused of November 2007 serial blasts cases of Faizabad and Lucknow courts premises,Yadav said here.

Khalid Mujahid,Tariq Qasmi,Sajjadur Rehman and Akhtar are the accused for whom a legal opinion has been asked for.

The government is fully dedicated to its manifesto and those Muslim youths who are arrested under false terror charges will be released soon, said the Chief Minister.

The Special Task Force had arrested two of the alleged HuJI militants,Tariq Qasmi and Khalid Mujahid,near Barabanki railway station in December 2007.

Yadav was in Faizabad to attend the reception party of local SP MLA Tej Narain Pandey,who won Ayodhya Assembly seat.

Earlier on April 4,SP spokesperson Rajendra Chowdhury had said that the CM has decided to bring in a Bill to revoke cases lodged against innocent Muslim youths in the name of their involvement in terrorist activities and give them compensation for their arrest.

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