By TwoCircles.net Staff Writer,
Hyderabad: Truth is coming out bit by bit, though late, much late – damage has been done to the community: they and their religion were maligned, their sons, in scores, picked, tortured and life destroyed. In the latest revelation about the May 2007 Mecca Masjid blasts, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) yesterday said the bombs were assembled by Hindu terrorists in the city.
According to CBI, the bombs that were used in triggering blast at the historic Mecca Masjid in 2007 were assembled in the city itself. The terrorists, allegedly having links with RSS, had procured material for assembling the bombs possibly from Madhya Pradesh. The CBI has filed a document in the local court in the connection of the case.
The cellphone-triggered pipe bomb had killed 9 people at the Mecca Masjid during Friday prayers on May 18, 2007. Five more people were killed in subsequent police firing when they came out of the mosque protesting the blast.
According to CBI, the roles of Sandeep Dange, Ramchandar K, Devendra Gupta and Lokesh Sharma – all allegedly having links with the RSS, emerged during probe., the CBI has already claimed in its petition before a local court.
The first two accused are absconding, while Devender Gupta and Lokesh Sharma are presently under judicial remand at Chanchalguda jail. They were brought by CBI from Ajmer last week as part of further investigation into the case. They were earlier arrested by Rajasthan police in connection with the 2007 Ajmer blasts.
According to PTI news agency, the CBI yesterday filed one more memo seeking inclusion of an RSS pracharak, Sunil Joshi’s name as an accused in the FIR. Joshi was shot dead by three gunmen on December 29, 2007 near his house at Dewas in Madhya Pradesh.
Following the Mecca blasts, scores of Muslim youths were arrested from across the city of Hyderabad, were put in illegal detention and exposed to severe torture. Most of them have been acquitted by the court as the prosecution could not prove charge.
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