I don’t have money to hire lawyer: Tunda tells judge

Abdul Karim Tunda, the alleged top Lashkare-Toiba (LeT) bomb expert, on Tuesday told a Delhi court that he does not have money to hire a lawyer, reports PTI. Tunda, who was produced before Metropolitan Magistrate Jay Thareja in a packed court room, was asked as to who will represent him in the case. “Sir, I do not have the money to pay to the lawyer,” he told the judge.

Earlier, a small g roup of lawyers sur rounded Tunda when he was being taken inside the court room and tried to convince him that they be allowed to represent him.

However, advocate M S Khan later appeared and told the court that Tunda has already signed ‘vakalatnama’ (power of attor ney) in his favour.