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Court rejects prosecution case against abductors of Mirdha's son

A special court in Ajmer has found the case against Khalistani terrorist Daya Singh Lahoriya and his wife Kamaljeet Kaur unfit for prosecution under the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act.

The Lahoriyas were accused of abducting the elder son of senior Congress leader and chairman of the Central Election Authority for the party organisational polls, Ram Niwas Mirdha, in 1995.

The couple was extradited from the United States two years back, where they had fled on forged papers, after the Rajasthan police raided their hideout in a colony at the outskirts of Jaipur and rescued Rajendra Mirdha.

Holding the case against the Lahoriyas unfit for prosecution under the TADA Act, TADA court judge Murlidhar Goswami, in his 16-page judgement ordered transfer of both accused to Jaipur jail and sending of their file to the district judge (Jaipur city) for disposal.

While Daya Singh Lahoriya is in Tihar jail in Delhi, his wife is in Ajmer jail.

Rajendra was abducted near his house, in a posh locality in Jaipur, in February 1995, by Khalistani terrorists, who held him hostage, demanding release of another terrorist, Devendra Pal Singh Bhulla from a Delhi jail.

Bhullar is a prime accused in the attack of the then Youth Congress president Maninderjeet Singh Bitta.

The Rajasthan police tracked down the location where Mirdha was being held hostage and raided a newly-constructed house on the outskirts of Jaipur.

He was rescued by the police after a two-hour gun-battle in which dreaded terrorist Navneet Singh Kandiya was killed. Police also recovered a bag containing RDX.

However, the Lahoriyas fled to United States on forged papers prepared in Calcutta.

The couple was arrested at New York airport on charges of travelling on forged passports and extradited to India.

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