New Delhi: The Andhra Pradesh government handed over the investigations into the Mecca Masjid blast case to CBI on Monday, after shoddy investigations by the city police in the case and the post-blast firings came to the fore.
The state has served notices to the Director General of Police, City Police Commissioner and Hyderabad district Collector seeking clarification on a plethora of issues.
The questions range from the methods adopted by the police to ascertain the trajectory of bullets, points of police entry and exit,whether the police personnel are trained to handle such situations and "who gave the first order to fire and at what location."
Even three weeks after the powerful blast claimed 16 lives at Hyderabad's Mecca Masjid, the police managed to question just 2 suspects and one arrest. Also the two “confidential reports” prepared by them were found to be bogus.
The police report on the post-blast police firing claimed 17 rubber bullets were fired while in fact the Hyderabad city police don’t even have an official quota for rubber bullets.
The police report also justified the post-blast firing that claimed 6 lives. It says the mob was fired at because the people were going to attack Hindu houses in the neighborhood. While in fact the nearest Hindu homes were in Haribowly, which is over 2 kilometres away from the site.
The firing report also says the mob attacked the police immediately after the explosion. But the second report, which probes the blast, says the police held the mob off for 45 minutes.
Even the main suspects named by the police: a militant group called Ahle Hadees, are now being dismissed. And the explanation as to why Ahle Hadees was first named and then given the clean chit is even more vague.
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