Five accused in Mecca Masjid bomb blast case acquitted

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Press Trust of India Hyderabad
Last Updated : Apr 16 2018 | 1:55 PM IST

A special anti-terror court here today acquitted right-wing activist Swami Aseemanand and four others in the 2007 Mecca Masjid blast case, ruling that the prosecution failed to prove charges against them.

A massive blast had ripped through the Mecca Masjid on May 8, 2007, during Friday prayers, killing nine people and wounding 58.

Aseemanand's counsel, J P Sharma, told reporters after the verdict by a metropolitan court for NIA cases that "The prosecution failed to prove allegations against the five accused who faced trial in the case and hence the court acquitted them,"

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First Published: Apr 16 2018 | 1:55 PM IST

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