The victims of the 18th anniversary of the Samjhauta Express bombings tragedy are still not receiving justice.

Today (Wednesday) marks the 18th anniversary of the Samjhauta Express explosion, which commemorates the terrorist attack on the India-Pakistan “friendship train” near Panipat, India, in 2007. Sixty-eight people, mostly from Pakistan, were killed in the tragedy. Pakistan is still demanding that the victims receive justice.

Justice is still pending for the Samjhauta Express terrorist attack victims. The Delhi-Lahore Samjhauta Express train explosions on February 18, 18 years ago, claimed the lives of 68 passengers, 43 of them were Pakistanis. The culture of impunity that terrorist attack perpetrators enjoy in India is further confirmed by the country’s ongoing failure to bring justice to the victims of this terrible atrocity, even in the face of overwhelming evidence.

Even though there is evidence, the excessively long wait for justice for the victims of this atrocity shows how unwilling the Indian government is to bring those responsible for this savage deed accountable.

The acquittal of Swami Aseemanand, the self-proclaimed mastermind of the attack, and a few others simply served to reinforce the climate of impunity that terrorists enjoy in India under the Hindutva-driven political system governed by the RSS/BJP.

The link between Hindu extremists and the Samjhauta Express terrorist assault was widely covered by the Indian media. Two of these individuals were Lieutenant Colonel Purohit and Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, who were later detained in October 2008 for supplying the terrorists with explosives.