Swami Aseemanand News

MHA former Under Secretary RVS Mani on Tuesday said that the resignation submitted by Special NIA Judge Ravinder Reddy, who had delivered the verdict in Mecca Masjid blast case, was not under any pressure. Special NIA judges are not appointed by Centre, he added.

Earlier on Monday, a special NIA court had acquitted all the 10 accused including Swami Aseemanand in the Hyderabad's Mecca Masjid blast case citing a lack of evidence. The verdict was announced by Judge Ravinder Reddy.

He said he finds no fault with the court, saying it only acted on the evidence that was provided by the prosecution.

A war of words ensued between Bharatiya Janata Party-led Centre and Opposition parties after all the accused in Mecca Masjid blast case were acquitted by a special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on Monday over lack of cliching evidence

All accused in Hyderabad Mecca Masjid blast case acquitted

Eleven years ago, on May 18, 2007, a powerful blast killed nine people and injured 58 during Friday prayers at Mecca Masjid near Hyderabad’s Charminar. 

The Telangana Government will take steps to get the 2007 Mecca Masjid bomb blast accused Swami Aseemanand's bail "cancelled", the Legislative Assembly was told today.

Aseemanand was recently acquitted in the Ajmer blast case and is on bail in the Samjhauta Express blast case.

Gopal Baglay, the spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs, said the Indian judiciary needed no self-serving sermons.

A court here on Thursday deferred to Saturday the sentencing in the Ajmer Sharif Dargah blast of 2007 which left three people dead.

 The October 11, 2007 blast in the dargah of Khawaja Moinuddin Chisti  had left three pilgrims dead and 15 injured. 

Two bomb blasts occurred in the Delhi-Lahore Samjhauta Express train near Panipat on February 18, 2007 in which 68 persons were killed.