On 30 November, the police in Mumbai brought charges against 28 suspects alleged to have been involved in train bombings last July, which killed 185 people. The case will be heard by a special court set up under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act. Some of the accused have claimed that they made confessions under torture by the police.
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