Hyderabad, Aug. 2 -- The Maharashtra government has been quiet after the special court trying the Malegaon blasts case acquitted seven persons, saying the prosecution could not prove the guilt of the accused but only stoked suspicion against them. It found that the investigation was shoddy, files were missing, and nothing conclusive was brought out by the National Investigation Agency (NIA). The Chief Minister's first reaction yesterday was about how Congress had tried to build a narrative of "Hindu terror". He had nothing to say about an appeal in the High Court.

Compare this to the first reaction when the Bombay High Court order acquitted a dozen persons in the horrific serial train blasts of Mumbai, found with the shoddy probe by the ...