Nearly a year after four low intensity blasts ripped JM Road in Pune, the Maharashtra Anti Terrorism Squad has filed its charge sheet before a special MCOCA court in Mumbai. The 3,857-page charge sheet was filed before special MCOCA Judge Y D Shinde against eight arrested accused and five absconding accused.

According to the charge sheet, the blasts were allegedly hatched by members of terror group Indian Mujahideen with the help of terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba. The absconding accused named in the chargesheet include IM co-founder Riyaz Bhatkal, his brother Iqbal, LeT operatives Faiyaz Kagzi, Wakas Ibrahim and Danish Tabrez.

All the accused have been charged under the stringent provisions of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), various sections of the Indian Penal Code and Explosives Act. The charge sheet includes the statements of over 300 witnesses. On 1st August last year, four blasts occurred at different spots on the JM road injuring one person.