2008 blasts: Guj police find no evidence against an accused

The city police filed a discharge report in a court here as it found no evidence against an accused in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial bomb blasts case who was arrested from Karnataka last month.
The 'B summary' report, also known as discharge report, regarding the accused Nasir Rangrez was filed in the special court here last week.
Gujarat ATS had arrested Rangrez (38), an auto driver, from Belgaum on June 19 and handed him over to the crime branch of the city police.
"We have filed a final discharge report under section 169 of CrPC (no evidence found against accused) as we have not found any substantial evidence against Rangrez. He was in our custody for seven days," said Deputy Superintendent of Police Deepan Bhadran.

Rangrez was released on bail. The discharge application which he has filed will be heard by the court later.
A warrant had been issued against him after another accused, Hafiz Adnan, told the investigators that Rangrez was present at a terror training camp allegedly organised by the Indian Mujahideen (IM) and the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) in Waghamon forests in Kerala as a part of the blasts conspiracy.

"However, other than Adnan's statement, we have not found any evidence (against Rangrez)," said Bhadran.
ATS had claimed that Rangrez was a member of SIMI and was a part of a larger conspiracy to spread terror in Gujarat to avenge the killings of Muslims in 2002 riots.

As many as 56 persons were killed and over 200 were injured in 20 blasts which had rocked Ahmedabad on July 26, 2008. IM had claimed the responsibility for it.