Patna,(BiharTimes): The Special Court of Anil Kumar Singh of National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday framed charges against 11 accused for the serial blasts at the then Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi’s October 27, 2013 Hunkar Rally at Gandhi Maidan in Patna.

Half a dozen persons were killed and 89 injured in the serial blasts. Thus the process of prosecution of the accused, all alleged to be the members of SIMI and Indian Mujahideen, has started.

The Special Judge also directed the prosecution to produce witnesses from January 19 onwards. Charges were framed against Umar Siddiqui and Azharuddin Queshi from Chhattisgarh, Ahmad Hussain and Fakkruddin, both from Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh, Haidar Ali alias Black Beauty, Numan Ansari, Mohammed Mujibullah Ansari, Mohammed Firoz Aslam, Mohammed Ifteqaar Alam, Taufiq Ansari and a
juvenile are from Ranchi in Jharkhand.

Charges including for murder, criminal conspiracy have been framed against them under Sections 109, 120B, 121, 171A, 302, 324, 326, 360, 441 and 468 of the Indian Penal Code, Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), Explosives Substances Act, and various section of Criminal Law Act.

The NIA has already filed charge-sheet in the case, It alleged that Haider Ali, who was suspected to be SIMI in- charge of Jharkhand, conspired with others to target Modi. Haider is also an accused in Bodh Gaya serial blasts in July, 2013.

The charge-sheet said that the accused wanted to target Modi as they thought it would be inimical to their interests if he became the Prime Minister.