Mecca verdict: Judge's resignation casts doubt over acquittal; top updates

Lack of evidence was cited as the main reason by the NIA court for acquitting all the five accused

Hours after acquitting 5 people being probed by the National Investigating Agency (NIA) in the 2007 Mecca blast case, NIA special court judge K Ravinder Reddy on Monday tendered his resignation, leading to the speculations that his resignation might be connected with the acquittal. 

Reddy, who is also the President of the Telangana Judges Association, cited "personal reasons" for his resignation and claimed this decision had nothing to do with Monday's verdict. Media reports suggested that he had been considering resignation for quite some time.

When the NIA took over the Mecca blast case from CBI, the families of the