Makkah Masjid blast case: All five accused acquitted

16 April,2018 12:46 PM IST |  Hyderabad  |  IANS

Eleven years after the powerful explosion killed nine people and injured more than 50 during the Friday prayers near the iconic Charminar, the court held that none of the charges framed against the accused were proved



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A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on Monday acquitted all five accused in the 2007 Makkah Masjid bomb blast case. Eleven years after the powerful explosion killed nine people and injured more than 50 during the Friday prayers near the iconic Charminar here, the court held that none of the charges framed against the accused were proved.

A lawyer of one of the accused told reporters outside the Nampally criminal court complex here that the court held that the prosecution failed to prove the charges. Hindu right-wing members Aseemanand, Devender Gupta, Lokesh Sharma, Bharatbhai and Rajender Chowdhary, who were charged by the NIA, were all acquitted.

The explosion ripped through the mosque on May 18, 2007. Two live IEDs were also recovered by police and defused. Later, five more people were killed in subsequent police firing on the crowd outside the mosque.

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