By U Sudhakar ReddyHyderabad, March 1
The Central Bureau of Investigation team probing the Mecca Masjid blast has ended its probe in the city without filing a chargesheet or arresting a suspect. The investigators are now looking for inter-state terror modules that may have been involved in the blast. Officials in the bureau also said the probe had reached a “final stage” and the team couldn’t hope to find any more clues here.
The Delhi team, which worked from Purana Haveli, now has no office in the city. “The Mecca Masjid blast investigation is not limited to Hyderabad,” a senior police official said. “The blast probe is continuing in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and West Bengal. The CBI team will come here whenever it needs to.” “We haven’t filed the chargesheet and no arrests have been made yet,” said CBI superintendent of police, Mr R.S. Dhankar, who heads the team. “We keep coming to Hyderabad though the investigation is focused elsewhere at present. We have had no major breakthrough.”
Following the Mecca Masjid blast on May 18, 2007 a case was registered at the Hussainialam police station for murder, attempt to murder and criminal conspiracy, and under the Explosive Substances Act. Nine persons died and 58 were injured in the blast. Police also recovered a live bomb from the premises of the mosque. The case was soon transferred to the CBI and was taken up by Mr Dhankar’s team.The CBI started out with a goof-up, releasing photographs of a “suspect” who turned out to be a teacher. The team then raided the house of terror suspect Syed Imran Khan. Three school bags made in Gujarat, a drilling machine, a soldering iron, an engineering textbook and a mobile phone were seized from Imran but the clues led the CBI nowhere.The CBI also announced a reward for information that would lead to a breakthrough but nothing came of it. A city police official said the Special Investigation Cell that probed the blast had wrapped up its operation. “We shared whatever inputs we had with the CBI,” he added. Meanwhile, the city police that investigated the twin explosions at Lumbini Park Gokul Chat, in which 43 persons were killed, and the unexploded bomb case at Dilsukhnagar, has transferred the cases to the Central Crime Station.
The Delhi team, which worked from Purana Haveli, now has no office in the city. “The Mecca Masjid blast investigation is not limited to Hyderabad,” a senior police official said. “The blast probe is continuing in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and West Bengal. The CBI team will come here whenever it needs to.” “We haven’t filed the chargesheet and no arrests have been made yet,” said CBI superintendent of police, Mr R.S. Dhankar, who heads the team. “We keep coming to Hyderabad though the investigation is focused elsewhere at present. We have had no major breakthrough.”
Following the Mecca Masjid blast on May 18, 2007 a case was registered at the Hussainialam police station for murder, attempt to murder and criminal conspiracy, and under the Explosive Substances Act. Nine persons died and 58 were injured in the blast. Police also recovered a live bomb from the premises of the mosque. The case was soon transferred to the CBI and was taken up by Mr Dhankar’s team.The CBI started out with a goof-up, releasing photographs of a “suspect” who turned out to be a teacher. The team then raided the house of terror suspect Syed Imran Khan. Three school bags made in Gujarat, a drilling machine, a soldering iron, an engineering textbook and a mobile phone were seized from Imran but the clues led the CBI nowhere.The CBI also announced a reward for information that would lead to a breakthrough but nothing came of it. A city police official said the Special Investigation Cell that probed the blast had wrapped up its operation. “We shared whatever inputs we had with the CBI,” he added. Meanwhile, the city police that investigated the twin explosions at Lumbini Park Gokul Chat, in which 43 persons were killed, and the unexploded bomb case at Dilsukhnagar, has transferred the cases to the Central Crime Station.
(Published in Deccan Chronicle March 2)
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