Jama Masjid attack: police file charge sheets against IM man

Delhi Police have filed two separate charge sheets against alleged Indian Mujahideen operative Zia-Ur-Rehman in September 2010 Jama Masjid terror attack case in which two Taiwanese tourists had were injured and a mild explosion had taken place in a car parked there.
In the charge sheet filed before Additional Sessions Judge Reetesh Singh in the firing case, Special Cell of Delhi Police has charged Zia-Ur-Rehman, alias Waqas, for offences punishable under sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 307 (attempt to murder), 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC and under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and the Arms Act.
Waqas, a Pakistani national, has also been chargesheeted under various provisions of the Explosive Substances Act, the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, Arms Act and Information Technology Act and under section 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC in the blast case.

The Special Cell of Delhi Police told the court that days before the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, two bikers had fired on tourists on September 19, 2010, at the gate of Jama Masjid in Old Delhi area and two Taiwanese, Ku-Ze-Wei and Ko-Chiange, had sustained bullet injuries whereas a bomb was fitted in a car parked in the area.
The car had caught fire after a mild blast, it said.
It also said that 25-year-old Waqas had come to India in September 2010 on the instructions of IM co-founder Riyaz Bhatkal "for assisting Ahmed Siddibappa (IM India chief Yasin Bhatkal) in the execution of terrorist attack before the Commonwealth Games."

"From investigation conducted so far against the arrested accused persons, it is established that accused Zia-Ur-Rehman, as a member of banned terrorist organisation IM, entered into a conspiracy along with other co-conspirators for commission of terrorist act in Delhi at Jama Masjid....," it said.
"Being a member of proscribed terrorist outfit, accused voluntarily entered into India and actively participated in the conspiracy and planning, leading to firing at foreigners in Jama Masjid and planting of IED (improved explosive device)," it said.