Telangana Government has assured that it will take steps to get the bail of Mecca Masjid blast case accused Swamy Aseemanand alias Nabh Kumar Sircar cancelled.
The assurance was given in the Assembly by State Home Minister N Narasimha Reddy when the issue was raised by Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) floor leader Akbaruddin Owaisi. He urged the State Government to pressurise the NIA to file an appeal in the higher court against the bail granted to the accused in the Mecca Masjid blast case.
Describing the question raised by Akbaruddin Owaisi as valid, the Home Minister said, “An inquiry will be conducted on how he (Aseemanand) got the bail. Efforts will be made to get the bail cancelled. We will ensure justice is done”.
Describing Aseemanand as “Dehshatgard” (terrorist), Akbaruddin Owaisi said terrorists had no religion. “Whether it is Osama Bin laden or Aseemanand, terrorists should be dealt with sternly. I am hopeful that the Government will prevail upon and pressurise the NBIA to get the bail to Aseemanand cancelled and he along with others is sent back to jail”.
The demand came on a day when Aseemanand was expected to walk free from Hyderabad prisons after spending six years in various jails in connection with different bomb blast cases.
Swamy Aseemanand alias Nabha Kumar Sircar, one of the accused in the 2007 bomb blast in the historic grand mosque of Hyderabad, was granted a conditional bail by the IVth Metropolitan Magistrate on two personal sureties of Rs 50,000 each and restricted him from moving out of Hyderabad without court’s permission.
Aseemananad, a member of RSS, was arrested by the NIA and was an accused in several cases including the blasts in Pakistan-bound Samjahuta Express, Malegaon, Hyderabad and Ajmer.