Serial blast accused dies of illness

MUMBAI, APRIL 16. Hamid Dafedar, a serial blast accused undergoing psychiatric treatment since 1997 after getting bail, died of illness on Monday at his native place in Raigad district, his lawyers

Mr. Subhash Kanse, and Mr. Farhana shah informed a designated Tada Court today.

The trial in serial blast case began in 1995 and he was granted bail by the Court two years later. He was undergoing psychiatric treatment in the Government-owned J.J hospital here. While the court framed charge against other accused before the trial, Dafedar was left out as a special case because of his ailing condition. At the fag end of the trial last year end, the court framed charge against him.In another development, Eteshaam, Co- accused, who was also on bail, was arrested on April 14 in a murder case. He has been charged with conspiracy to murder an estate agent in Pydhonie area of South Mumbai, police said.

- PTI

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