Wrongly it now transpires

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Before making his confession, Aseemanand reportedly told the magistrate that he was aware that he could be given the death penalty, but still wanted to confess. He said he had decided to come clean about his involvement in terror plots because a Muslim boy, Kaleem, was arrested, wrongly it now transpires, for the Mecca Masjid blast. Aseemanand said Kaleem, a mobile phone seller who was his co-inmate in Hyderabad's Chanchalguda jail, had to spend one-anda-half-years behind bars in connection with the Mecca Masjid blast. He landed up in the same jail for a different offence at the time Aseemanand was lodged there.

Please explain to me the highlighted parts. Though I know in general transpire mean to happen

Source : Mumbai Mirror

Avangi · Accepted Answer

User_gary Kaleem, was arrested, wrongly it now transpires, . . . . transpire mean to happen

Yes. It now comes to pass that we know he should not have been arrested.
We have now come to realize that he was wrongly arrested.

To me, "transpires" implies that this information was developed over a certain period of time.

I know it seems strange. We use "It now develops/it now transpires" in the simple present tense to describe a process which was completed in the recent past.

What we really mean is, "It now looks like he's innocent," or "It is now clear that he's innocent."

Wrongly it now transpires

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