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| | title = Mecca Masjid Blast
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| {{Location map|India|label=Hyderabad|mark=Green_pog.svg|lat=17.36|long=78.47|width=230|float=center}}
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| | image = MeccaMasjid.png
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| | caption = Picture of Mecca Masjid, Hyderabad, India
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| | location = [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]], [[Telangana]], [[India]]{{coord|17.360106|78.473427|region:IN_type:landmark_scale:2000_source:wikimapia}}
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| | target = [[Mecca Masjid]]
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| | date = 18 May 2007
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| | time = 13:15 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
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| | type = [[Cyclotol]] activated by [[cellphone]] | |
| | fatalities = 16<ref name=tele20may>{{cite news|title=Blast Friday throws up Bengal link|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070520/asp/frontpage/story_7803451.asp|access-date=11 December 2013|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=20 May 2007}}</ref>
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| The '''Mecca Masjid blast''' occurred on 18 May 2007 inside the [[Mecca Masjid]], (or "Makkah Masjid") a mosque located in the old city area of [[Hyderabad]],<ref name=bbc18may>{{cite news|title=Bomb hits historic India mosque|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6668695.stm|access-date=10 December 2013|newspaper=BBC News|date=18 May 2007}}</ref> capital of the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Telangana]] located very close to [[Charminar]]. The blast was caused by a [[cellphone]]-triggered [[pipe bomb]] placed near the [[Wudu|Wuzukhana]], a spot where ablutions are performed. Two more live [[Improvised explosive device|IEDs]] were found and defused by the police.<ref name=hindu19may>{{cite news|last=Ramu|first=Marri|title=10 killed, 50 injured in Hyderabad mosque last|url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/05/19/stories/2007051907990100.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070520061834/http://www.hindu.com/2007/05/19/stories/2007051907990100.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 May 2007|access-date=10 December 2013|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=19 May 2007}}</ref><ref name=stratfor>{{cite web|title=India: The Mecca Mosque Bombers' Poor Tradecraft|url=http://www.stratfor.com/analysis/india-mecca-mosque-bombers-poor-tradecraft|work=Stratfor|access-date=10 December 2013|date=18 May 2007}}</ref> Sixteen people were reported dead in the immediate aftermath, of whom five were killed by the police firing after the incident while trying to quell the mob.<ref name=tele20may />
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| On 16 April 2018, the NIA Court acquitted all 11 who were accused in the blasts, citing lack of evidence.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/mecca-masjid-blast-verdict-live-updates-hyderabad-swami-aseemanand-special-nia-court-abhinav-bharat-5138969/|title=Mecca Masjid blast verdict LIVE UPDATES: Aseemanand, four other accused acquitted by special NIA court|date=16 April 2018|work=The Indian Express|access-date=16 April 2018|language=en-US}}</ref>
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| ==Overview==
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| The bomb exploded around 1:15 pm in Mecca Masjid, a 400-year-old mosque in Hyderabad.<ref name=hindu19may /> The IED contained [[cyclotol]], a 60:40 mixture of [[RDX]] and [[Trinitrotoluene|TNT]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Mecca bombs a cocktail of RDX, TNT|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-07-02/hyderabad/28296785_1_unexploded-bomb-rdx-mecca-blast|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214201523/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-07-02/hyderabad/28296785_1_unexploded-bomb-rdx-mecca-blast|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 December 2013|access-date=11 December 2013|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=2 July 2010}}</ref> filled in a {{convert|10|in|mm|adj=on}} by {{convert|3|in|mm|adj=on}} pipe.<ref name=ht19may>{{cite news|title=Police say foreign terror groups involved in Andhra blast|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/police-say-foreign-terror-groups-involved-in-andhra-blast/article1-223782.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224195713/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/police-say-foreign-terror-groups-involved-in-andhra-blast/article1-223782.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 December 2013|access-date=11 December 2013|newspaper=Hindustan Times|date=19 May 2007|agency=IANS}}</ref> The bomb was placed under a heavy [[marble]] platform, which took the force of the impact and saved many lives. Two more IEDs were found, one 100 meters away from the blast site and the other near the main gate. Both of them were defused 3 hours after the blast.<ref name=ht19may />
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| The blast occurred near the open air section of the Mecca Masjid. At the time of the blast more than 10,000 people were inside the [[mosque]] premises, for the [[Friday prayers]].<ref name=hindu19may /> The injured were treated at the Osmania hospital in Hyderabad.<ref>{{cite news|title=TNT, RDX used in mosque blast|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/tnt-rdx-used-in-mosque-blast/40877-3.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131225155427/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/tnt-rdx-used-in-mosque-blast/40877-3.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 December 2013|access-date=11 December 2013|newspaper=IBN Live|date=19 May 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=MECCA MASJID ATTACK|url=http://saffronterrors.blogspot.com/p/mecca-masjid-attack.html| access-date=5 July 2018}}</ref>
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| Following this [[Mumbai]] and other parts of [[Maharashtra]] were put on alert. State Home Minister [[K Jana Reddy]] said the blast, which injured over fifty people in addition to the death toll, could be the act of foreign elements.{{citation needed|date=August 2018}}
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| ==Rioting and Police firing==
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| Five individuals died as a result of the police firing, which caused considerable controversy. The Telegraph reports:<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070519/asp/nation/story_7799987.asp | location=Calcutta, India | work=The Telegraph | first=G.S. | last=Radhakrishna | title=HAIR-TRIGGER HYDERABAD - A wound and a hunting ground | date=19 May 2007}}</ref>
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| :Six rounds were fired in the afternoon and evening to prevent shops and public property from being damaged, including petrol pumps and ATMs. One person was killed in the firing in the Moghalpura area, while two fell to the police bullets elsewhere. Another lost his life when the police had to pull the trigger to control a mob trying to break into an ATM.
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| :According to police commissioner Balwinder Singh, his men resorted to firing after water cannons, tear gas and baton-charge failed to bring the mob fury under control.
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| It is reported that<ref>[http://www.ibnlive.com/news/india/05_2007/4-killed-as-cops-fire-on-frenzied-mob-40874.html Mob violence after Hyd blast, 4 killed : hyderabad, blast, Makkah masjid, char minar, police firing, mob violence : IBNLive.com : CNN-IBN<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070520071953/http://www.ibnlive.com/news/india/05_2007/4-killed-as-cops-fire-on-frenzied-mob-40874.html |date=20 May 2007 }}</ref> a frenzied mob attacked state-owned road transport corporation buses, forcing the closure of Falaknuma bus depot.
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| According to the police, the rioters were trying to set fire to a petrol pump.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.timesnow.tv/Sections/Sports/Decoding_the_Hyderabad_blast/articleshow/2073160.cms|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070528124344/http://www.timesnow.tv/Sections/Sports/Decoding_the_Hyderabad_blast/articleshow/2073160.cms|url-status=dead|title=Decoding the Hyderabad blast|archive-date=28 May 2007|access-date=14 December 2019}}</ref> Inspector P. Sudhakar of Falaknuma police station, who has been removed from his position on the charge of opening fire `indiscriminately' to control the rampaging mobs<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/05/25/stories/2007052519790500.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070527124944/http://www.hindu.com/2007/05/25/stories/2007052519790500.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 May 2007 |title=I've acted to avert a disaster: Inspector |date=25 May 2007 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=4 April 2016}}</ref> stated:
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| :"While I asked my subordinates to be on high alert, mobs from Shalibanda and the mosque came towards Moghalpura pelting stones. They set ablaze a wine shop and charged towards a petrol pump where we were stationed."
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| :The mobs took out petrol from the dispenser and sprinkled it on the room. "When they tried to ignite it with the help of dry grass, I ordered my men to open fire with .303 rifles to disperse them," he says. "As the situation turned worse, I sought additional forces. Quick Reaction teams along with Moghalpura Inspector arrived and scattered the crowd by opening fire." At least 10 persons, including policemen, could have been killed if fire orders were not issued, he insists.
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| ==Suspected bombers==
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| In January 2013, the then Indian [[Minister of Home Affairs (India)|Home Minister]] [[Sushilkumar Shinde]], of [[Indian National Congress]], accused [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]] and [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] for setting up camps to train [[Hindu Terrorism]] including planting bombs in [[2007 Samjhauta Express bombings]], Mecca Masjid blast and [[2006 Malegaon blasts]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Shinde's Hindu terror remarks 'oxygen' to Pakistan-sponsored terrorism: BJP|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-01-20/india/36445353_1_saffron-terrorism-chintan-shivir-terror-strikes|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130122124642/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-01-20/india/36445353_1_saffron-terrorism-chintan-shivir-terror-strikes|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 January 2013|access-date=10 December 2013|date=20 January 2013|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|agency=PTI}}</ref> Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh spokesperson [[Ram Madhav]] responded to this allegation by accusing Shinde of [[pandering (politics)|pandering]] to Islamist groups like Jamaat-ud-Dawah and [[Lashkar-e-Taiba]].<ref>{{cite news|title=LeT, Jamaat-ud-Dawah congratulated RSS|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/let-jamat-ud-dawah-congratulated-shinde-rss_824165.html|access-date=10 December 2013|newspaper=Zee News|date=21 January 2013}}</ref> In February 2013, after BJP threatened to boycott the parliament during the Budget session, Shinde apologised for his remarks and said that he had no intention to link terror to any religion and that there was no basis for suggesting that terror can be linked to organisations mentioned in his earlier speech.<ref>{{cite news|last=Joshi|first=Sandeep|title=Shinde apologises for 'Hindu terror' remark ahead of budget session|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/shinde-apologises-for-hindu-terror-remark-ahead-of-budget-session/article4435746.ece|access-date=11 December 2013|newspaper=The Hindu|date=21 February 2013}}</ref>
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| The [[National Investigation Agency]],<ref name="nia">[https://web.archive.org/web/20130511141753/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-11-29/india/30454293_1_special-nia-court-swami-aseemanand-samjhauta-blast-case HC notice to NIA on Aseemanand petition] Times of India - 29 November 2011</ref> [[Central Bureau of Investigation]]<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article993217.ece | location=Chennai, India | work=The Hindu | title=RSS leader likely to be quizzed again in Masjid blast case | date=27 December 2010}}</ref> and [[Anti Terrorist Squad (India)]]<ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes.com">{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-12-27/jaipur/28225231_1_rajasthan-ats-dargah-blast-indresh-kumar | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927050440/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-12-27/jaipur/28225231_1_rajasthan-ats-dargah-blast-indresh-kumar | url-status=dead | archive-date=27 September 2012 | work=[[The Times of India]] | title=ATS may grill Aseemanand before tackling Indresh | date=27 December 2010}}</ref> claim former members of the [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh|RSS]]<ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes.com"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Mosque-blast-RSS-man-grilled/H1-Article1-641887.aspx |title=Archived copy |access-date=9 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110214141646/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Mosque-blast-RSS-man-grilled/H1-Article1-641887.aspx |archive-date=14 February 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-12-24/india/28222720_1_rss-leader-indresh-kumar-ajmer-blast | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110907094953/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-12-24/india/28222720_1_rss-leader-indresh-kumar-ajmer-blast | url-status=dead | archive-date=7 September 2011 | work=[[The Times of India]] | title=RSS leader grilled for Hindu terror | date=24 December 2010}}</ref> were behind the Makkah Masjid bombing.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121104205622/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-08-08/india/28303594_1_huji-mecca-mosque-blast-abhinav-bharat HuJI ban takes no note of 'Hindu terror' role] [[Times of India]] - 8 August 2010</ref> However, the South Asia Terrorism Portal,<ref>[http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/india/states/jandk/terrorist_outfits/HuJI.htm Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI)] - South Asia Terrorism Portal</ref> the [[Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses]]<ref>[http://www.idsa.in/idsastrategiccomments/HuJIaftertheDeathofitsIndiaChief_TKSingh_130208 HuJI after the Death of its India Chief] Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses - 13 February 2008</ref> and the National Counterterrorism Center<ref>[http://www.hindustantimes.com/Huji-not-Hindu-group-behind-Makkah-Masjid-blast/Article1-603896.aspx ‘Huji, not Hindu group, behind Makkah Masjid blast’] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110831011624/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Huji-not-Hindu-group-behind-Makkah-Masjid-blast/Article1-603896.aspx |date=31 August 2011 }} Hindustan Times - 23 September 2010</ref> reported that [[Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami]] was actually behind the attacks based on initial investigations.
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| On 19 November 2010, the [[Central Bureau of Investigation]] produced the preacher [[Swami Aseemanand]] before the court in connection with the Makkah Masjid blast in Hyderabad in May 2007. Other cases that he has been linked with include [[2007 Samjhauta Express bombings]], [[29 September 2008 western India bombings|2008 Malegoan & Modasa bombing]] and [[Ajmer Sharif Dargah blast]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/report/why-swami-aseemanand-is-a-prize-catch-for-the-cbi/20101119.htm |title=Why Swami Aseemanand is a prize catch for the CBI - Rediff.com India News |publisher=Rediff.com |date=19 November 2010 |access-date=4 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/-Swami-Aseemanand-sheltered-Best-Bakery-accused-on-the-run-/713969 |title=Swami Aseemanand sheltered Best Bakery accused on the run |publisher=Indian Express |date=21 November 2010 |access-date=4 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-11-19/jaipur/28229956_1_rajasthan-ats-mukesh-vasani-harshad-bhai-solanki | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104092707/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-11-19/jaipur/28229956_1_rajasthan-ats-mukesh-vasani-harshad-bhai-solanki | url-status=dead | archive-date=4 November 2012 | work=[[The Times of India]] | title=Aseemanand arrest: Major boost to Ajmer dargah blast probe | date=19 November 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Swami-aseemanand-sheltered-be.../713969/ |title=Swami Aseemanand sheltered Best Bakery accused on the run |publisher=Indian Express |date=21 November 2010 |access-date=4 April 2016}}</ref>
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| On 15 January, the confession of Swami Aseemanand was published by [[Tehelka]] and [[CNN-IBN]] implicating various members of [[Saffron terror]] outfits in other cases such as [[Ajmer Sharif Dargah blast]], [[2006 Malegaon blasts]], [[2007 Samjhauta Express bombings]], [[29 September 2008 western India bombings|2008 Malegoan & Modasa bombing]].<ref name="tehelka.com">{{Cite web | url=http://www.tehelka.com/story_main48.asp?filename=Ne150111Coverstory.asp | archive-url=https://swap.stanford.edu/20110604132655/http%3A//www.tehelka.com/story_main48.asp?filename%3DNe150111Coverstory.asp | url-status=dead | archive-date=4 June 2011 |title = Tehelka - India's Independent Weekly News Magazine}}</ref> The confession was done in front of a magistrate citing the guilt he felt after seeing innocent Muslim boys arrested in the case by the police.<ref name="tehelka.com"/> However in late March 2011, Aseemanand redacted his 'confession' alleging that he was coerced by the ATS to make a confession<ref>[http://www.indianexpress.com/news/aseemanand-takes-back-all-he-said-was-.../769654/ Aseemanand takes back all he said, was ‘coerced’] Indian Express - 31 March 2011</ref> In April 2010, Aseemanand submitted a letter to the court which said: "I have been pressured mentally and physically by the investigating agencies to 'confess' that I was behind these blasts." He also said he was threatened and pressured to become a government witness in the case.<ref>[http://news.in.msn.com/national/article.aspx?cp-documentid=5092856&page=2 Swami Aseemanand takes back confession, says he was "coerced"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110403035315/http://news.in.msn.com/national/article.aspx?cp-documentid=5092856&page=2 |date=3 April 2011 }} MSN News - 31 March 2010</ref>
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| A letter written by Aseemanand on 20 December 2010, two days after his confession to the CBI, was presented as evidence in January 2011 to show that the confession he gave was actually voluntary. The letter, which was never sent, was addressed to the presidents of India and Pakistan and explained why he had wanted to confess and tell the truth after seeing the innocent people that had been arrested and implicated with him.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110114225051/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/aseemanands-confession-before-cbi-voluntary/140377-3.html Aseemanand's confession before CBI voluntary] IBNLive - 8 January 2011</ref> After Aseemanand's alleged confession, the families of the 32 men arrested in the aftermath of the bombing have begun demanding the release of the youths from jail.<ref>[http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/aseemanands-confession-focus-shifts-to-jailed-muslim-youths/1/126122.html Aseemanand's confession: Focus shifts to jailed Muslim youths] India Today - 10 January 2011</ref> However, this confession was later found to be obtained under duress.<ref>[http://www.indianexpress.com/news/coerced-confession/885137/0 Coerced confession] Indian Express - 8 December 2011</ref> In late 2011, Aseemanand wrote a petition to [[President of India]] [[Pratibha Patil]] describing torture allegedly meted out to him during his confinement, prompting the [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] and [[Haryana]] high courts to issue a notice to the [[National Investigation Agency]] to investigate the allegations of torture<ref name="nia" />
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| Security analyst [[Bahukutumbi Raman]] questioned "the two different versions that have emerged from Indian and American investigators."<ref name="aq">{{cite web|url=http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/%5Cpapers40%5Cpaper3971.html |title=Arrest of Some Hindus as Terrorists- Getting Curiouser & Curiouser |author=Bahukutumbi Raman |date=7 August 2010 |publisher=[[South Asia Analysis Group]] |access-date=9 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100817155045/http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/papers40/paper3971.html |archive-date=17 August 2010 |author-link=Bahukutumbi Raman }}</ref> ''The CBI have also claimed that the United States'' [[National Counterterrorism Center]] (NCTC) ''does not seem to be up to date with the latest investigation'', after the NCTC director cited [[Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami|HuJI]] as the perpetrators in a 2010 document to the [[United States Senate]].<ref>[http://www.hindustantimes.com/Huji-not-Hindu-group-behind-Makkah-Masjid-blast/Article1-603896.aspx ‘Huji, not Hindu group, behind Mecca Masjid blast’] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110831011624/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Huji-not-Hindu-group-behind-Makkah-Masjid-blast/Article1-603896.aspx |date=31 August 2011 }} [[Hindustan Times]] - 23 September 2010</ref> The South Asia Terrorism Portal cited Vikar Ahmed as a main suspect in the blast, and also noted that on 3 December 2008 [[Vikar Ahmed]] and an accomplice, Amjad were accused of firing at police officers attempting to arrest them in Hyderabad.<ref>[http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/india/states/andhra/data_sheets/islamistex.htm Islamist extremism related incidents in Andhra Pradesh since 2007] South Asia Terrorism Portal</ref> Vikar Ahmed also stands accused of murdering one police officer and injuring three others in an attack conducted on Friday, 14 May 2010<ref>[http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=138716 'Terror attack' kills policeman in Hyderabad] Daily Star - 16 May 2010</ref>
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| == Court hearings and verdict ==
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| The NIA began the probe in April 2011 after the initial investigations by the local police and the chargesheet filed by the CBI. 226 witnesses were examined during the trial and about 411 documents exhibited. The verdict was pronounced by a special NIA court acquitting all the accused due to lack of evidence.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thequint.com/news/india/mecca-masjid-blast-case-verdict-live-updates|title=Aseemanand, All Others Acquitted in 2007 Mecca Masjid Blast Case|work=The Quint|access-date=16 April 2018|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=http://indtoday.com/mecca-masjid-blast-case-all-accused-acquitted/ | title=Mecca Masjid Blast Case: All Accused Acquitted| date=16 April 2018}}</ref>
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| The Special NIA judge Ravindra Reddy resigned post the verdict.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/mecca-masjid-case-special-nia-judge-who-delivered-verdict-resigns-ravindra-reddy-hyderabad-5139720/|title=Mecca Masjid blast case: Special NIA judge who delivered verdict resigns, cites personal reasons|date=16 April 2018|work=The Indian Express|access-date=16 April 2018|language=en-US}}</ref>
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| ==See also==
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| *[[Religious violence in India]]
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| *[[Saffron Terror]]
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| *[[Terrorism in India]]
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| *[[2006 Malegaon blasts]]
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| *[[2007 Samjhauta Express bombings]]
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| *2007 [[Ajmer Dargah attack]]
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| *[[29 September 2008 western India bombings|2008 Malegoan & Modasa bombing]]
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| == External links ==
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| {{wikinews|Bomb blast kills at least seven at Makkah Masjid mosque, India}}
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| * [http://www.zeenews.com/articles.asp?rep=2&aid=371922&sid=REG&ssid= Article on Zee News]
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| *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110929103104/http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=7e847128-fd9b-4975-82a6-d4385a563f8b Bomb hits mosque in India]
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| *[http://www.rediff.com/news/2007/may/18blast.htm 9 killed in Hyderabad blast; 5 in police firing]
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| *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070520050205/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18737509/ Bomb hits Indian Mosque] (MSNBC)
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| *[http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/05/18/india.blast/index.html 5 killed in Indian Mosque attack] (CNN)
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