Hyderabad, August 10: Andhra Pradesh government today further extended the term of commission of inquiry by three months into the Mecca Masjid police firing after a terror blast two years ago.
The state government had appointed a Commission of Inquiry headed by Justice V Bhaskara Rao, retired judge of Andhra Pradesh High Court to inquire into the incidents that led to opening of fire by the police on May 18, 2007 after the bomb blast at the historic Mecca Masjid.
Five persons were killed and some others injured in the police firing.
According to an official release here, the term of the commission has been extended by three months till November 6.
Earlier, the government had extended the term by two months on June 9.
—-Agencies