Investigatory negligence and failure in due process denied closure to victims.
six persons were killed and around 100 injured when an explosive strapped to a motorcycle went off near a mosque in Malegaon in northern Maharashtra.
The case was initially investigated by the Maharashtra anti-terrorism squad. In 2011, it was transferred to the National Investigation Agency. Seven people were arrested and charged under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act and the Indian Penal Code.
They included a religious leader named Pragya Singh Thakur, who would later be elected to the Lok Sabha on a Bharatiya Janata Party ticket, and and army officer named Lt Col Prasad Purohit.