Dantewada court acquits bus blast accused

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A local court here on Tuesday acquitted all the 13 people who were accused of killing more than 30 persons in  2010 in the district when a deadly blast ripped off a crowded passenger bus.

The Maoist insurgents had in May 2010 blew up a passenger vehicle in India’s one of the worst leftist insurgency-hit districts- Dantewada, in which 33 people were killed included  13 policemen.

Police had arrested several local people in the case and charged them in a local court claiming Vijay Sodhi was the kingpin of the brutal attack. But a sessions court here acquitted all the 13 accused which is considered a big jolt to Chhattisgarh police. 

Daily Pioneer
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