INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A three-tier security was put in place near the court complex
vigil stepped up in the city today to prevent any untoward incident.Over 1,500 personnel drawn from different wings of the Hyderabad City
Police were deployed in strategic locations in the Old City, a senior police official said."An alert has been sounded and it is continuing
Our watch is on the entire city and we are monitoring through CCTV cameras installed across the city
Elaborate security arrangements are in place," the official said.Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), South Zone, V Satyanaryana along with
senior police officials supervised the security arrangements at the historic Mecca Masjid and its nearby areas."To prevent any untoward
incident, over 1,500 police personnel have been deployed in the Old City
The situation is peaceful," the DCP told PTI.A three-tier security was put in place near the court complex prior to the pronouncement of the
judgment.Earlier in the day, a special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court acquitted five persons, including right-wing activist Swami
Aseemanand in the case, ruling that the prosecution failed to prove charges against them.A powerful blast, triggered by remote control, had
ripped through the over four-century-old mosque here on May 18, 2007, when devotees had gathered for Friday prayers, killing nine people and
wounding 58.The case was initially probed by the local police before being transferred to the CBI, and finally in 2011 to the NIA, the
country's premier anti-terror investigation agency.
