Alleged LeT operative acquitted in grenade attack case

A local court today acquitted alleged Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative Mohammad Zia-ul-Haq in a case relating to the grenade attack outside Odeon Deluxe Theatre here in May 2006.
A sessions court acquitted Haq for lack of evidence, a senior police officer said, adding that the police would file an appeal.
The case was probed by the special investigation team (SIT) wing of the Hyderabad Police.
According to the police, Haq, a Hyderabadi, in connivance with Abdul Aziz alias Abu Rehan alias Wali, a Pakistani national, carried out the attack at RTC Crossroads on May 7, 2006 in which two persons were injured.

Haq, who was allegedly planning bomb attacks at other places in the city too, was arrested on May 3, 2010 following a tip off by the National Investigation Agency. Aziz is absconding.
The investigating agencies had claimed that Haq had entered into a conspiracy with Aziz and other LeT operatives "to wage a war against the country".
Haq was sentenced to seven years rigorous imprisonment by a local court in connection with a 2010 case of recovery of weapons earlier this year. He is presently lodged at the central prison here.