India, July 31 -- Yet another terror case has failed to pass muster in the courts on the grounds of shoddy investigation. A special court in Mumbai has acquitted all seven charged by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in the 2008 Malegaon blasts case that killed six persons. The Malegaon acquittal comes 10 days after the Bombay High Court overturned a 2015 verdict by a special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court in the Mumbai serial train blasts case, in which 189 persons died. The high court acquitted all 12 persons convicted by the MCOCA court and pulled up the Maharashtra anti-terrorism squad for botched investigation. The Malegaon verdict is equally harsh on the investigators, though the court has given quali...
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