Court frames charges against four accused in 2006 Malegaon blasts case

A special NIA court in Mumbai on Tuesday framed charges against four accused in the 2006 Malegoan blasts case.

At least 37 people were killed and 125 injured in blasts at a Muslim cemetery at Malegaon in north Maharashtra's Nashik district on September 8, 2006.

Judge Chakor Baviskar of the special court for National Investigation Agency cases framed charges against Lokesh Sharma, Dhan Singh, Manohar Singh and Rajendra Choudhary under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act after they pleaded not guilty.

According to police, two bombs strapped to bicycles exploded at the cemetery located next to a mosque, triggering a stampede.