Title - NIA fails to turn up at hearing, fined

Panchkula : The court fined the National Investigation Agency (NIA) Rs 200 for not turning up during a hearing in the Samjhauta blasts case here today. The sources said the NIA was asked to provide a list of witnesses to the opposite party by the court during last hearing on September 3. The NIA had told the court that time the list in question would be given on or before Aug 17.Today, no official of the agency produced before the court, which then imposed a fine of Rs 200 to the NIA.Meanwhile, all the three accused, Mukesh Sharma, Aseemanand and Kanwar Chauhan-in the case were present in the court. The next hearing in the case has been set at October 4.