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September 23, 2020

India: As long as the Hindu Right rules their gun weilding men will go scott free - '6 Acquitted in 2009 Goa blast case' [report in Hindustan Times, sept 19 2020]

The Hindustan Times Bombay HC upholds acquittal of 6 accused in 2009 Goa blast case All the accused were said to be related to a right-wing Hindu organisation, Sanatan Sanstha. india Updated: Sep 19, 2020 14:14 IST Gerard de Souza | Edited by Abhinav Sahay Hindustan Times, Panaji The Bombay high court at Goa has upheld the acquittal of the six persons charged with procuring, assembling and transporting a bomb to Margao in South Goa, where it prematurely exploded killing two persons who were allegedly ferrying it on the eve of Diwali in 2009. The two deceased -- Malgonda Patil and Yogesh Naik -- were allegedly carrying the bomb in their scooter with the intent to place it at a site where a Diwali eve competition was being held on October 16, 2009. Besides Patil and Naik, who died while ferrying the bomb, no one else was injured in the blast that took place behind Grace Church in Margao. Besides Patil and Naik, six others were charged by the NIA including Vinay Talekar, Dhananjay Ashtekar, Prashant Ashtekar, Vinayak Patil, Prashant Juvekar and Dilip Mazgaonkar, all hailing from Maharashtra and with connections to the Sanatan Sanstha. They were charged by the Goa Police crime branch. The case was later handed over to the National Investigation Agency. [ . . .] https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/bombay-hc-upholds-acquittal-of-6-accused-in-2009-goa-blast-case/story-bNKm7El2zWABx22VpmLu7K.html