Kaleem Blasts

• Falsely accused in Hyderabad blast case, youth seek justice

  Rayeesuddin was among the nearly one hundred youth picked up after the twin blasts in Hyderabad in August 2007 as a terror suspect and was subsequently acquitted after spending time in jail. Rayees says Aseemanand's version of a change of heart leading to his confession is too simplistic to be taken at face value. "Aseemanand may have been impresse...

• Kaleem, credited for changing Aseemanand

  At a small flat in Salim Nagar, Latifa Begum is preparing to welcome home her 21-year-old son."Please tell the world they are not terrorists. People used to say our sons are terrorists and wouldn't even give their houses on rent, they kept chasing us out", says Latifa, recounting the nightmare of having her son labelled a terrorist.Abdul Kaleem has...

• Hyderabad blasts: Abdul Kaleem, man 'behind' Aseemanand's confession, gets bail

  A city court today granted bail to Abdul Kaleem, one of the men held in connection with the twin blasts in Hyderabad in 2007 and the man believed to be behind Swami Aseemanand's confession.Kaleem, who was arrested in 2007 along with several other Muslims after the blasts, was charged at that time with waging a conspiracy against the state.He was re...