May 18, 2011 marks four years since a blast at Hyderabad’s Mecca Masjid claimed 14 lives. However, there has been no breakthrough in case with the investigation going on at a snail’s pace. Lateef Mohammad Khan, convenor of the Civil Liberties Monitoring Committee, that has been fighting the case of the Muslim youth who were falsely implicated in the blast, says that the Hyderabad police protected Hindu radicals behind the bombing.
The 2007 Mecca Masjid blasts at Hyderabad were a turning point for terrorism in India. Four years have gone by and while the Muslim community in Hyderabad blames their representatives for not doing enough, the investigations continue to move on at a snail’s pace.