NIA court summons 13 Pakistani witnesses in Samjhauta blast case

A special NIA court today summoned 13 Pakistani witnesses for deposing before it in connection with the 2007 Samjhauta Express blast case in which 68 people were killed.

The NIA spokesperson said in New Delhi today that Pakistani witnesses are required to attend the trial court at Panchkula in



Haryana from July 4 onwards. He said the summonses to the witnesses will be sent through Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of External Affairs.

Sixty-eight people were charred to death in the blasts in two coaches of Samjhauta Express in Panipat on February 18, 2007.