Bombing case: Court acquits ex-MP, 6 others

ATTACK KILLED 6 PEOPLE AND WOUNDED MORE THAN 100

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An Indian court yesterday acquitted a firebrand Hindu nationalist nun and former lawmaker, and six others, accused of participating in a deadly bombing near a mosque in 2008.

The attack killed six people and wounded more than 100 others when a bomb strapped to a motorcycle exploded close to the mosque in Malegaon in the western state of Maharashtra.

Case dragged on for years

Seven people were tried on terrorism and criminal conspiracy charges, including former MP from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Sadhvi Pragya Thakur, in a case that dragged on for years.

The prosecution claimed Thakur’s motorbike was used to carry the explosives used in the attack, and that she took part in a key planning meeting before it was staged.

Not enough evidence