Mecca Masjid blast case: Anti-terrorism court acquits Aseemanand, 4 others

An anti-terrorism court in Hyderabad acquitted Hindutva preacher Aseemanand and four others in the Mecca Masjid blast case of 2007.

And, after the verdict, K Ravinder Reddy, the judge, tendered his resignation, citing personal reasons. In his judgment, he held the prosecution failed to prove "even a single allegation" against the five accused. 

According to sources, Reddy said his resignation had nothing to do with the judgment.

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

BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra said Congress president Rahul Gandhi, and