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2005 Delhi blasts: A 2009 police report cleared the accused of charges but no one took action

The Intelligence Bureau and the Delhi Police were aware, that the 3 Kashmiri men then under trial for carrying out blasts in New Delhi in 2005 had no role in the attack.

The memories of three bomb blasts that shook national capital New Delhi in 2005 still continue to haunt many of us. From 2005 to 2017, twelve-year have passed and many shocking facts have been unfolded during this course of time. And the fresh details about the Delhi bomb blast case reveals that ‘the three Kashmiri men accused in the case had no role in the attack.’

According to the reports published by The Indian Express reveal that, the Intelligence Bureau and the Delhi Police were aware, that the three Kashmiri men then under trial for carrying out blasts in New Delhi in 2005 had no role in the attack.

The documents obtained by the leading daily states, in 2009 new evidence suggested that three Kashmiri men then under trail had no role in the attack.What’s even more shocking here is that the Union Ministry of Home Affairs was made aware of this evidence. Still no re-investigation was ordered.

The three Kashmiri men, Mohammad Rafiq Shah and Mohammad Hussain Fazili were acquitted of all charges related to their role in the 2005 Delhi bomb blast case, earlier this month. Whereas, a third, Tariq Dar, was convicted of charges related to supporting terrorism but cleared of a role in the actual strike.

There were three blasts that took place in Sarojini Nagar, Govindpuri and Paharganj on October 20, 2005, a day before Diwali. Over 60 people were killed in this attack.