Panchkula (Har), Jun 18 (PTI) A local court today remanded Lokesh Kumar Sharma, an accused in the Samjhauta blast case, in judicial custody till July 1 after the National Investigation Agency did not seek his further custody.
Sharma, lodged in Ajmer jail in Rajasthan after his arrest on May 15, was brought to the court on production warrant.
The NIA told the court that it had completed its investigation on Sharma following which Additional Sessions Judge Kanchan Mahi remanded him in judicial custody.
However, the NIA told the court that it had sufficient evidence against Sharma and the other accused Swami Aseemanand in the Samjhauta Express blast case. 68 people, mostly Pakistanis, were killed in the Samjhauta blast in 2007 at Panipat's Diwana village.
Aseemanand is already in judicial custody in Ambala jail till June 20.