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The NIA In one of the most blatant U-turns, the NIA also tried to shift its position on the Samjhauta blast case and Three of the people the NIA had presented as kingpins in the cases are either out on bail or have been acquitted. Reports suggest that more than 10,000 people were inside the mosque when the explosion took place. Along with them, the CBI had named four others in Mecca masjid blast case.Eventually, the case was handed over to NIA.
On May 18, 2007, at around 1:15 pm, a pipe bomb exploded at the Mecca Masjid in Hyderabad, killing eight people and injuring 58 others. We have been keeping you up-to-date with information on the developments in India and the world that have a bearing on our health and wellbeing, our lives and livelihoods, during these difficult times. Main article: Mecca Masjid bombing. Five days ahead of Mecca masjid blast ninth anniversary, the NIA had decided to drop charges against Sharma along with five others including Pragya Singh Thakur in Malegaon blasts of 2008.The NIA’s decision related to Sharma has apparently cast shadow on the prolonged investigation in Mecca masjid blast case. With him walking free without punishment in the Mecca Masjid case too, the role of the NIA under the Narendra Modi government is back under the scanner.It may be recalled that Aseemanand had confessed to his crime both in front of the police and the media. Aseemanand also confessed to his own role in the terror plots and how he had motivated a bunch of RSS pracharaks and other Hindu radicals to carry out terror strikes at Malegaon, Hyderabad and Ajmer.Although Aseemanand retracted his statements later, his confessions at the initial stages of the investigation became important talking points.Undated file photo of Aseemanand, to the left of Narendra Modi, at the Swami’s ashram. Later, it was transferred to Central Bureau of Investigation.In December, 2010, the CBI had filed charge-sheet against Guptha and Sharma. The common thread between the terror attacks on Mecca masjid, Malegaon and Ajmer dargah in Rajasthan was the alleged involvement of terror outfits linked to right wing ideology.Investigators remained tight-lipped about the possible impact of their surmise that sufficient evidence was not found against Sharma to prosecute him in Malegaon blasts. He told me that exploding bombs was not my job and instead told me to focus on the tribal welfare work assigned to me by the RSS. All those accused in the case were acquitted on Monday. Five more people were killed in police firing when a rioting mob went berserk at the site.
Nine years after a blast killed nine persons inside Mecca masjid here near historic Charminar of Old City, the case has become more complex throwing up new questions about the persons behind it.Lokesh Sharma, one of the accused arrested in Mecca masjid blast case along with Devender Gupta, was also accused of involvement in the sensational Malegaon blast carried out in 2008 in Maharashtra. “So the meaning very clearly was, don’t get us favourable orders. Writing for A year after the Modi government came to power, the Sunil Joshi murder case, one of the most important links between these blasts and one which the NIA fought for months to take over, was quietly shifted to Madhya Pradesh. Among investigators, the opinion to appeal was very strong,” officials in Hyderabad, who spoke on condition of anonymity, were Similarly, the top investigative agency was accused of sabotaging the Malegaon blast case. Swami Aseemanand, a saffron-robed monk who has been linked to three terror attacks, was among five men acquitted today in the 2007 blast in Hyderabad's Mecca Masjid… We promise to deliver quality journalism that stays away from vested interest and political propaganda.Your support for our journalism is invaluable. Our plans enhance your reading experience. It is being said that 226 witnesses and 411 documents were examined during the trial.