Charges filed in Patna's ‘Hunkar Rally’ blast case

Patna: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) Special Court on Tuesday framed charges against 11 accused, all suspected to be members of banned IM and SIMI, for the serial blasts at Prime Minister (then Gujarat Chief Minister) Narendra Modi’s ‘Hunkar Rally’ at Gandhi Maidan in Patna on October 27, 2013.

Six persons were killed and over 100 were injured in the blasts. The framing of charges marks the beginning of prosecution of the accused in the case. NIA Special Judge Anil Kumar Singh also directed the prosecution to produce witnesses from January 19 onwards.