India, July 31 -- As a special court acquitted seven persons accused of the Malegaon bomb blast that killed six people in 2008, Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis mounted a sharp attack on the Congress and demanded an apology for "coming up with a false narrative of saffron terrorism".

"The court's verdict to acquit all the accused in the Malegaon bomb blast case exposes the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government's conspiracy to insult Hindus by coining the term saffron terrorism," Fadnavis told reporters hours after the special court for National Investigation Agency (NIA) cases delivered its decision.

An explosive device strapped to a motorcycle went off near a mosque in Malegaon town, 200 km from Mumbai, ...