Hyderabad, January 18: Sheik Abdul Kareem, who was earlier arrested by city police in Mecca Masjid blasts case and later acquitted by the court, was today released on bail from prison in connection with another case registered against him by Kushaiguda police recently.
Kareem was arrested by the Kushaiguda police on charges of trying to sneak in mobile phones through his shoes to his brother who was lodged in the Cherlapally prison in a terror related case.
Kareem was released on bail in crime number 658 of 2010 of Kushaiguda police after he furnished sureties of Rs 20,000.
Kareem was earlier arrested by the city police after the 2007 Mecca Masjid blasts but was acquitted by a court.
A resident of Saleemnagar Colony in Malakpet, Kareem was lodged in the prison for 18 months following which he had to discontinue his MBBS. He is presently pursuing law from a college in the city.
During his stay in prison, Kareem reportedly met Swami Aseemanand in Chanchalguda prison and told him about the trauma being faced by Muslim youths who were implicated falsely in terror related cases. Aseemanand was arrested by the CBI for his alleged involvement in several blasts in the country including Mecca Masjid blasts.
It was reportedly after hearing to Kareem that Aseemanand confessed before the court that he was involved in several blasts across the country.
Speaking to reporters along with Majlis Bachao Tehreek (MBT) corporator Amjedullah Khan, Kareem surprisingly gave a clean chit to Aseemanand in the blasts.
“Like several innocent Muslim youths, Aseemanand too is innocent. He was brainwashed to confess the crime but the real culprits are still out in the open,’’ he said.
Alleging that city police were targeting Muslim youths, Amjedullah Khan demanded that youth detained illegally should be compensated financially from salaries of police officers who have implicated them in false cases.