Mumbai:
In a setback to the Mumbai crime branch, the MCOCA court has cleared Indian Mujahideen founder Sadiq Shaikh of any involvement in the 7/11 train blast case in Mumbai.
Shaikh was arrested last year and charged with a series of blasts in the country including the Delhi and Ajmer blasts. The Mumbai crime branch had also charged him with the train blasts.
This contradicted the investigations of the anti-terror squad.
The ATS filed an application in the MCOCA court, claiming that Shaikh was not involved in the train blasts, based on a lie detector test and statements of witnesses. But the MCOCA court has now discharged him, claiming there was not enough evidence against him.
However, Shaikh remains a key accused in the other blast cases linked to the Indian Mujahideen.