MARGAO, MAY 18
A day after the National Investigating Agency (NIA) filed a chargesheet against the accused persons in the Margao bomb blast case, the south Goa sessions court on Tuesday remanded all the four accused persons to judicial custody till June.
The four accused Vinay Talekar, Vinayak Patil, Dhananjay Ashtekar and Dilip Mangaonkar were produced before the Sessions Court, which later remanded them to judicial custody.
Though the government is yet to constitute a Special Court to try the Margao bomb blast case, the Sessions court is empowered to commence trial in the case in the absence of a special court.
The NIA has cited over 250 witnesses in support of its case. NIA, Superintendent of Police, S Vijayan said the witnesses hails from not only Goa but across the country.
He said the two deceased accused Malgonda Patil and Yogesh Naik, though dead while carrying the IEDs on a scooter in Margao, have been named in the chargesheet, adding that the charge against them will be abated subsequently.
Special Judicial Magistrate, S B Faria told newsmen that investigations into the case would continue to nab the absconding accused and take the probe to the logical conclusion.
He said the NIA had to file the charge sheet on Monday due to circumstances that the 180 days custody of the accused was getting expired, adding that the NIA would continue to investigate the case.
