Panchkula: A Special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on Wednesday acquitted all the four accused in the 2007 Samjhauta Express blast case.
Sixty-eight people, mostly Pakistan national, were charred to death in the blasts in two coaches of the Samjhauta Express near Panipat on February 18, 2007.
Haryana police had registered a case, but the probe was handed over to the National Investigation Agency in July 2010.
After its probe, the NIA filed chargesheet in the case in June 2011, indicting eight persons for their alleged roles in the terror attack.
Of the eight persons, Naba Kumar Sarkar alias Swami Aseemanand, Lokesh Sharma, Kamal Chauhan and Rajinder Chaudhary appeared before the court and faced trial.
Aseemanand was accused of providing logistic support to the persons who carried out the blasts.
In its probe, the NIA had concluded that the accused were upset with the terror attacks on Hindu temples - Akshardham (Gujarat), Raghunath Mandir (Jammu) and Sankat Mochan Mandir (Varanasi).
They had conspired together to trigger the blast in the Pak-bound train, largely carrying Pakistani nationals, to avenge the spate of terror attacks in various temples of the country.
The accused had conspired and propounded a theory of 'bomb ka badla bomb', the NIA had said in its chargesheet.
Although, the court in its verdict today said that the investigative agency had failed to prove all its charges.
The Samjhauta Express, also called Attari Express, is a bi-weekly train that runs on Wednesdays and Sundays - between Delhi and Attari in India and Lahore in Pakistan.
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