Court extends Kazmi's judicial custody

A Delhi court Tuesday extended till July 6 the judicial custody of journalist Syed Mohammed Ahmad Kazmi, arrested for his alleged role in the February 13 Israeli embassy car bombing.

Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) P.K. Jain extended the judicial custody of Kazmi after their was confusion over which court would hear the matter.

The district and sessions judge had to intervene and mark the case to ASJ Jain to take up the matter after the case file shuttled between the a magistrate and a sessions court.

The Delhi High Court June 2 stayed the proceedings of the case in the sessions' court of S.S. Rathi, who was earlier hearing the case.

Kazmi was arrested March 6 for his alleged involvement in the blast. Four people were injured when an Israeli embassy car was struck by a bomb near the prime minister's house in New Delhi area.

Tal Yehoshua Koren, 42, wife of Israeli defence attache Colonel Yossi Refaelov, suffered multiple injuries when a motorcycle rider attached a magnetic explosive device to her car and sped away.