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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Panchkula has issued non-bailable warrants against Sandeep Dange alias Parmanand,Ramchandra Kalsangra alias Ramji alias Vishnu Patel and Ashwini Chauhan alias Ashok alias Prince alias Amit in the Samjhauta blasts case.
Earlier this month,the NIA had announced a cash reward of Rs 10 lakh each for information leading to the arrest of Dange and Kalsangra. A reward of Rs 2 lakh was announced for Chauhan.
The Samjhauta blasts in 2007 killed 68 passengers. In its application before the court,the NIA said the arrest of the three men would help in the investigation of the case. Accepting the plea,Additional and Sessions Judge Ritu Garg issued non-bailable warrants on Friday.
Both Dange and Kalsangra were named by Aseemanand in his confessional statement on the Samjhauta blasts. Dange,who is Kalsangras assistant,is from Indore,and is an absconding accused in the Ajmer,Malegaon and Mecca Masjid blasts as well.
Meanwhile,Aseemanand,who is already a prime accused in the Mecca Masjid and Samjhauta blasts,has been booked and arrested for the Ajmer Dargah blasts as well. A team from the Rajasthan ATS took Aseemanand into their custody and produced him before the Ajmer court on Saturday. The court remanded him to ATS custody.
