A special NIA court on Thursday, 31 July, acquitted all seven accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, including former BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur and Lt Col Prasad Shrikant Purohit.
An investigation that was launched by the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) seventeen years ago in 2008, following a bomb planted on a bike near a mosque that killed six people and injured 100 others, reached its conclusion on Thursday with no convictions.
Here are the key developments in the case over the years, and the highlights of the verdict by the special NIA court.