Maha govt challenges aquittal of eight persons in Malegaon blasts case

The Maharashtra Government has approached the Bombay High Court to challenge the session court's order of acquitting eight persons in connection with the 2006 Malegaon blasts case.

Mumbai, Nov 18: The Maharashtra Government has approached the Bombay High Court to challenge the session court's order of acquitting eight persons in connection with the 2006 Malegaon blasts case.

In respose to Mahrashtra Government's petition, the Bombay HC has issued notices to the aquttied indivuduals.

According to reports, the sessions court had in April this year discharged these men of all terror charges after the National Investigation Agency (NIA) submitted that the blasts were the handiwork of a Hindu extremist group.

The Maharshtra government has reportedly termed the order as "illegal and unjust".

The case pertains to serial bomb blasts outside a cemetery near Hamidia mosque at Malegaon, near Nashik, on 8 September 2006, which left 37 people dead and over 100 injured.

(With agency inputs)