Red Fort attack suspect Bilal Ahmed Kawa granted bail
Red Fort
Bilal was arrested by the special cell of Delhi and Gujarat police's anti-terror squad on January 10
.Delhi's Patiala House court has granted bail to Bilal Ahmad Kawa, who is a suspect in the 2000 Red Fort attack case.
Bilal was arrested by the special cell of Delhi and Gujarat police's anti-terror squad on January 10, when he had come to Delhi from Srinagar via a Jet Airways flight. He was stopped at IGI Airport by cops who had prior information about his travel plans.
On 22 December 2000, a terrorist attack carried out by six LeT operatives took place on Red Fort in Delhi which claimed three lives.
He is suspected to be aLashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative.
Reports say that he had beenin contact with LeT operative Ashfaq, alias Mohammed Aarif, who was the brainbehind the attack.
Ashfaq, who belongs to Abbottabad in Pakistan, had been awarded the death sentence in 2011 but it was later stayed by the Supreme Court.He is lodged in Tihar Jail along with 10 others who have been convicted in the case