Batla House encounter case: Court drops charges against caretaker

A Delhi court on Monday discharged Abdul Rehman, the caretaker of the Batla House flat where two suspected terrorists allegedly involved in Delhi serial blasts were killed in an encounter in 2008. Additional Sessions Judge Raj Kumar Tripathi discharged Rehman who was accused of harbouring tenants alleged to be engaged in terror activities. According to Defense Counsel M S Khan, who fought the case for Rehman, he was arrested on September 21, 2008 on charges of forging lease for the flat in Batla House area, a Times of India report said. Khan argued in court that police has not recovered the original lease deed that was said to be forged, which was a crucial evidence in the case.