Emotional Outburst Outside Mecca Masjid

After the shocking incident last Friday in Hyderabad on the Mecca Masjid, an emotional outburst was witnessed from the people who came here this Friday to pay namaz. Tight security has been put around the mosque with five metal detectors at the entrance and 24 CCTVs and thousands of policemen present outside.

After the prayers, there was chaos outside the mosque as some people started pelting stones and shouting slogans and others spitting angry words and the police had a hard time controlling the mob.

A person suspected to have supplied the explosives for the blast has been picked up by the police from Jalna in Maharashtra. As per the information got from the sources, such explosives are not made in Andhra Pradesh and it is most likely transported via road from Bidar. Police team is on its search for more of such explosives in Bidar.

The “taqts” of the Mecca Masjid that was smashed during the blast will be rebuilt by the government. The explosion, which killed 11 people and injured 30, also destroyed two of the four rectangular taqts that bore testimony to the city's bygone era. “We will reconstruct the taqts. Money is not a constraint. We have asked the archaeology department to restore them immediately,” said Mohammed Ali Shabbir, Minister for Minority Welfare.