"The hand of Lashkar and HuJI behind the blast had become clear during initial stages of the probe. There was credible evidence against HuJI commander Abdul Shahid in the Mecca Masjid blast case. He was allegedly operating out of Pakistan and Bangladesh. Later, he was reported dead in Pakistan. These clear indications mattered little as a new direction was given to the probe. However, as Indresh Kumar stated, a lie has no feet, and most of the witnesses in the saffron terror theory backed out with time forcing the NIA to admit that it lacked credible evidence."