Summary:
One of the accused, Sunil Joshi of Madhya Pradesh, a former Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) pracharak, was murdered while the case was being investigated. more-inA National Investigation Agency (NIA) Special Court at Nampally in Hyderabad on Monday acquitted all the five accused, including Swami Aseemanand, in the case of attack on the Mecca Masjid 11 years ago. Two other accused, Sandeep V.
Dange, a former RSS pracharak; and RSS activist Ramchandra Kalsangra, an electrician, also from Madhya Pradesh; have been eluding the investigators. The NIA had originally charged 10 right wing activists with plotting and carrying out the attack using an improvised explosive device (IED) device on May 18, 2007. Investigations against another two from the same State, Tejram Parmar and Amith Chowhan, are still continuing..