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Serial blast accused brought to court amid high drama

Serial blast accused brought to court amid high drama

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Publication: Herald
Date: September 19, 2000

Amid high drama for about four hours in the Coimbatore central jail all the 167 accused in the sensational Coimbatore serial bomb blasts case were produced before the special court in the evening.

Two out of the 167 accused were produced before the court separately.

Police sources said the accused had refused to come to the court in the morning demanding that special judge, M Thanikachalam, trying the case, be changed.

They were also demanding that government bear the court expenses including the fees for the defence counsels of their choice. They also opposed a direction of the judge to seek legal aid from the government panel, if they could not appoint counsel on their own.

The accused were brought to the special court around 4.00 pm after the intervention of police and jail officials, the sources said.

According to court sources, the main accused S A Batcha and another accused, Peoples Democratic Party leader, Abdul Nasser Madhani, were heard saying to the court that though they had complete faith in the judiciary they had no faith in the judge.

The judge adjourned the case for Sept 27, court sources said.

The accused had reportedly shouted slogans against the judge while being brought to the court, police sources said.

The Tamil Nadu government had appointed two new special public prosecutors (SPPs), in place of G Soundarrajan, who had tendered his resignation on renumeration grounds. (PTI)
 


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