In a major murder trial of a terror suspect who was killed by a Pune-based notorious goon at Yerawada Central Prison in 2012 for allegedly planting and creating a bomb at the city-based famous Dagaduseth Ganapati temple was acquitted by Additional Session judge S H Gwalani on Wednesday.

The acquitted people were identified as Sharad Hiraman Mohol (35), an autorickshaw driver and a resident of Kothrud and his accomplice Alok Shivaji Bhalerao (32), Mulshi. Both were arrested by the Pune police from Yerawada Central Prison. Both the accused are notorious goons and had killed people in gang wars and land issues previously.

The Delhi police intelligence team in 2012 had detained Mohammad Katil Siddique (27) in a terror suspect linkage. During the interrogation, Katil had confessed on February 13, 2010, that he was assigned the task of planting the bomb at Pune's famous Dagausheth Ganpati Temple on the same day when there was another bomb planted at Koregoan Park-based German Bakery in which 17 people including 12 foreign nationals were killed.

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