In Maharashtra, 8 persons arrested in the 2006 bomb blasts in Malegaon town Saturday moved a special court in Mumbai seeking bail. The bail application will be heard on the last day of this month.

In the bail application filed before the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act – MCOCA – Court in Mumbai, defence lawyer Jalil Ansari claimed that the National Investigation Agency – NIA -has concluded brain mapping and polygraph tests on accused last week, but had not found anything incriminating.

Maharashtra ATS, which had probed the case initially, had arrested nine persons for their alleged involvement in the multiple blasts in the textile town in Nashik district. The explosions near a mosque on September 8, 2006 had killed 37 people and injured over 100. In December 2006, the case was handed over to the CBI. Later the NIA took over the probe. Previous bail application moved by the accused had been rejected in March by the court.

Bail application of Abrar Ahmed, the ninth accused facing the same charges, will be filed in a day or two, says his lawyer.