By S A Ishaqui
Hyderabad, July 27:The Special Investigation Cell (SIC) of the city police probing the Mecca Masjid blast is banking on narcoanalysis tests in its investigation into the unexploded bomb found near the site of the explosion.
The city police registered two cases after a bomb went off in the mosque on May 18 after the Friday prayers. While one bomb exploded, killing nine people and injuring 58, an unexploded bomb was found in the mosque premises.
The State government had handed over the case to the Central Bureau of Investigation. However, the unexploded bomb case is being investigated by the city police. The CBI got vital clues in the case and released the profiles of suspects in New Delhi. The SIC, however, is groping in the dark.
They have arrested seven suspects including Shaik Nayeem alias Sameer, a Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative, his associate Shoaib Jagirdar, a butcher from Jalna in Maharastra, Mohammed Abdul Sattar, Mohammed Abdul Kareem Qadri, Shaik Abdul Kaleem alias Rafi, brother of Abdul Khaja, the second in command of Harkat-ul-Jehad-e-Islami (Huji) and Mohammed Imran.
They are also suspects in the bomb blast case. But none have been linked to the case till date. The SIC has conducted narcoanalysis tests on Sameer and his associate Shoiab Jagirdar. Sources close to the SIC said the tests have not yielded any result.
Now the SIC has sought court permission to conduct similar tests on Shaik Abdul Kaleem alias Rafi and Mohammed Imran. The SIC filed petitions in the XII additional chief metropolitan magistrate’s court. The court heard arguments in Imran’s case on Friday.
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