Seven chargesheeted in Red Fort shootout case

New Delhi, March 24: The Delhi police have chargesheeted seven persons, including a Pakistani national, in the Red Fort shootout case in which two-member Lashkar-e-Toiba suicide squad had stormed the historic monument and killed two Armymen and a civilian here on December 22.

In two separate chargesheets filed before Metropolitan Magistrate A K Sarpal, Delhi police has named Rahmana, Yusuf Farooqi, Babar Mohsin Bhagwala, Devender Singh, Shahanshah Alam Rajiv Kumar Malhotra and Arif alias Ashfaq as accused under various sections of Indian Penal Code, Arms Act and Explosive Substances Act. They have been charged with murder, attempt to murder, criminal conspiracy and waging war against the country.

The chargesheet against Ashfaq was filed today while the remaining six were chargesheeted on February 23.

- PTI

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