A Panchkula court today extended the judicial custody of Samjhauta blast case accused Swami Aseemanand till the seventh of next month. The National Investigating Agency, NIA assured the Judge that a charge sheet will be filed against him before the next date of hearing. The hearing in the case took place through video-conferencing with the accused lodged in central jail in Ambala. Accused Swami Aseemanand's, whose bail plea was rejected by a sessions court on May 12, had already denied having made any statement to the National Investigation Agency about his involvement in the Samjhauta blast case. A total of 68 people, mostly Pakistanis, were killed in Samjhauta Express blast, at Panipat's Diwana village. Earlier on May 7, a CBI court at Jaipur, Rajasthan, had also rejected his bail application in the 2007 Ajmer Dargah blast case. Apart from Ajmer Dargah blast, which claimed three lives and left 15 others injured, Aseemanand is an accused in several other blast cases across the country, including those at Hyderabad's Mecca Masjid and Malegaon. He was arrested by the CBI last year from Haridwar for his alleged role in the Mecca Masjid blast case.