Hyderabad cops want to question Purohit on Mecca Masjid blast

The Hyderabad police, which has so far failed to find any evidence to back its earlier claims that the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) and Harkat-ulJihad-al-Islami (HuJI) were behind the Mecca Masjid blast — nine people were killed in the explosion on May 25, 2007 — is now looking to interrogate Lt Col Shrikant Purohit, arrested in connection with the Malegaon blasts. The CBI, entrusted investigation later, too drew a blank and the case remains unsolved till date.

A team of Hyderabad Police is camping in Mumbai, awaiting an opportunity to question Purohit who is in the custody of the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS). Last Friday, the team missed a chance to question Purohit as he was taken to Bangalore for a narco-analysis test.

“We will interrogate Purohit about the Mecca Masjid blast which remains unsolved,” a Hyderabad police officer told The Indian Express. “We have only exchanged information with the ATS so far, we will interrogate Purohit in a day or two.

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