Hyderabad, April 16: A National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on Monday acquitted all five accused in the 2007 Makkah Masjid blast case.

Aseemanand ,one of the key accused's lawyer Rajwardan said as the prosecution failed to prove the case, that's, why all the key accused, have been acquitted by the  Namapally Court in the Hyderabad Mecca Masjid Blasts 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.

 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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Muzaffarnagar (UP) (PTI): A four-year-old girl was killed after being allegedly thrown into a water tank by unidentified assailants while her mother sustained severe stab injuries in an alleged attack at their home here late on Monday, police said.

Three other children of the injured woman -- identified as Firdosh (40) -- also sustained minor injuries in the alleged incident which took place in Basikala village under Shahpur police station limits, they said.

Her husband, Imran, was not present at home at the time of the incident.

Shahpur Station House Officer Gajendra Singh told reporters on Tuesday that the injured woman was rushed to hospital. Three of her children sustained minor injuries in the incident while her four-year-old daughter was killed. The body of the deceased has been sent for postmortem examination.

According to local residents, the incident possibly took place as Firdosh opposed an alleged illicit relationship between her sister-in-law and another man.