Friday, April 15 2005 20:39 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Mumbai: The Special judge conducting the retrial in the Best Bakery carnage today (Apr 15, 2005) said he would be issuing fresh summons tomorrow to prime witness Zaheera Sheikh, her mother Sehrunissa and brother Nasibullah.

The move follows the prosecution's request to cross-examine all three witnesses, who had turned hostile, in the light of fresh evidence.

The Public Prosecutor said she would like to examine the three persons based on the material in the video CD shown to the court earlier this month. The contents of the CD are in contradiction to what Zaheera, her mother and her brother had said before the court on oath.

Even the investigation officer (IO), who had recorded Zaheera's statement after the incident in 2003 had made several statements in court that were contrary to what Zaheera had said.

The prosecution wanted to confront Zaheera and her mother with the fresh evidence from the CD and the IO's statement and her brother in regard with his bank accounts in Mumbai.