India, April 23 -- Nearly 20 years after four powerful explosions killed 31 people and injured 312 in the Muslim-dominated town of Malegaon in Maharashtra, the Bombay High Court has discharged all four men accused by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in the case.

The development brings the case to a close, at least for now, but begs the questions: who was responsible for the 2006 explosions, and what was the motive?

On Wednesday, a division bench of Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Shyam C Chandak struck down the order of the special NIA court, which had framed charges against the four accused - Rajendra Chaudhary, Lokesh Sharma, Dhan Singh and Manohar Ram Singh Narwaria. The quartet had been charged under various se...