Samjhauta case: Aseemanand claims NIA fabricated evidence

Panchkula/Jaipur, Jul 18 (PTI) Right wing Hindu group
member Swami Aseemanand on Monday claimed he was not involved
in the Samjhauta Express blast case and was made to give a
confession under duress by National Investigation Agency.
"I was forced by NIA to confess that I was involved in
the blast...I am not involved in the case.... The proof
against me is also fabricated by NIA," Aseemanand told
reporters outside the special court hearing the case in
Panchkula in Haryana.
Separately, in Ajmer dargah blast case in a Jaipur court,
NIA (National Investigative Agency) charged Aseemanand and
seven others with murder and carrying out terrorist activities
as the agency filed its second charge sheet in connection with
the explosion that had rocked the sufi shrine in 2007 killing
three persons.
In Panchkula, the court fixed August 17 as the next
date for hearing on the charge sheet filed in the case by NIA.
During the in-camera proceedings in the case, NIA said
it would soon file a supplementary charge sheet against some
other accused.