A special court pronounced its verdict 12 years after the blast.
By Niha Masih Niha Masih Foreign correspondent covering India Bio Follow March 20 at 10:56 AM NEW DELHI — A special court in India Wednesday acquitted four Hindu activists, including a monk, accused of carrying out deadly blasts in 2007 on Samjhauta Express — a biweekly train that runs between India and Pakistan.
The court said the prosecution was unable to prove the charges against the accused. The acquittal comes in the wake of increased tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbors after a car bombing killed 40 Indian security forces last month. That attack was claimed by Pakistan-based terrorist group Jaish-e-Muhammad.
The case was the most prominent example of Indian authorities bringing charges against alleged Hindu extremists accused of planning attacks on Muslims. Aseemanand had confessed before a magistrate of planning the train bombing and other attacks targeting Muslims, but later recanted and said the confession was made under duress. He had made similar assertions in recorded interviews to the Caravan, a news magazine.
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