Click to play videoNew Delhi: The Andhra Pradesh government on Sunday admitted that 21 Muslim youth were wrongly detained and tortured for the blast probes at Mecca Masjid, Gokul Chat and Lumbini Park in May and August 2007.
Earlier, the State Minorities Commission had released a report stating that over 20 Muslim youth were illegally detained and tortured by the police.
Each of those youth will now be given a grant of Rs 30,000.
“The youth were arrested wrongly in the Gokul Chat, Lumbini Park and Mecca Masjid blasts on the basis of suspicion but were proven innocent. Now compensation worth Rs 30,000 is being paid to them in the form of an auto-rickshaw," Minister for Minorities Welfare, Mohammed Ali Shabbir, said.
What happened
On August 25, 2007, nearly 44 people were killed, over 100 were injured when explosions ripped through the recreational centres in Lumbini Park and Hyderabad's famous Gokul Chat Bhandar in Kothi locality.
Hundreds of people had gathered to see a laser show at the Lumbini Park, situated near the Andhra state secretariat in the heart of the city.
As the show was underway, a powerful blast ripped through the middle row of the open-air auditorium at 1940 hours IST.
The blast was so powerful that some of bodies were flung into the air and scattered all over the area leaving at least seven dead and 29 injured.
Over the next two days, the city police took 25 people into custody.
They were picked up from various lodges and hotels in Hyderabad on suspicion.
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