Blast case accused’s acquittal leaves NIA red-faced
The Hindu
Thadiyantavide Nazeer and Shafas were acquitted by HC
The acquittal of two prime accused, Thadiyantavide Nazeer aka Ummer Haji, an alleged operative of the Lashkar-e-Taiba and Shafas Shamsudeen, in the Kozhikode twin blast case of 16 years ago is being perceived as a setback for the National Investigation Agency (NIA) which probed the first terror- linked case in the State.
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