Hyderabad, May 18 -- Seventeen years after a bomb blast killed 14 people and left a 58 others injured at Hyderabad's iconic Mecca Masjid, the city's social activists have demanded that the case be reopened and a thorough trial be conducted by the State government.

The attack took place when the worshippers in the mosque had gathered to offer Friday prayers. The perpetrators of the heinous crime are yet to be brought to justice.

Calling the investigation into the Mecca Masjid bomb blast case a travesty of justice, the activists have demanded that the state file an intervention petition in the Telangana High Court against the acquittal of the accused in the case.

On Saturday, the 17th anniversary of the terror attack, social activists SQ...