A Pakistani woman has filed an appeal in the Punjab and Haryana High Court against the acquittal of all accused, including former Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) member Aseemanand, in the 2007 Samjhauta Express blast case. Sixty-eight people, including 10 Indians, were killed in the terror attack. The accused were acquitted by a special NIA court in Panchkula on March 20. The court had said: “NIA miserably failed to prove the charges framed against the accused.”The appellant Rahila Wakil, 35, is the daughter of Mohammad Vakil, a Pakistani who was killed in the attack on the Samjhauta Express near Panipat, when the train was on its way from Delhi to Lahore. Ms. Wakil filed the appeal through her maternal uncle Mahroof, a resident of Shamli in Uttar Pradesh.

Source: The Hindu July 19, 2019 16:30 UTC