The Special NIA court has acquitted all the seven accused including former BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur and Lieutenant Colonel Prasad Purohit in the 2008 Malegaon blast case. On this, the reaction of Amit Malviya, the head of BJP IT Cell, has come to light. Posting on X, he wrote that the disgusting conspiracy of the Congress to create a boon of saffron terrorism has not only been destroyed, but has been buried forever. People like Sonia Gandhi, P. Chidambaram and Sushil Kumar Shinde, who led this malicious campaign, should apologize unconditionally to Hindus to defame Sanatan Dharma.
Special NIA court on the case said that the prosecution has failed to prove the allegations. Because of this, the accused is entitled to the benefit of doubt. At the same time, former BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur said that the acquittal on behalf of the court is not only his, but every ‘saffron’ victory. He further said that my life has been ruined for the last 17 years, God will punish those who tried to insult ‘saffron’.
Death toll in Malegaon blast
Six people were killed and 101 others were injured in the Malegaon blast. Special Judge AK Lahoti, appointed for hearing of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) cases, exposed several flaws in the prosecution case and investigation and said that the accused person is entitled to the benefit of doubt. Six people were killed and more than 100 people were injured when an explosion in an explosion equipped in a motorcycle near a mosque on 29 September 2008 in Malegaon city, about 200 km from Mumbai, and more than 100 people were injured.
Court arguments on hearing of the case
The judge read the decision and said that there is no reliable and concrete evidence to prove the matter beyond suspicion. The court said that the provisions of the illegal activities (prevention) Act (UAPA) do not apply in this case. The court also said that it has not been proved that the motorcycle used in the blast was registered in the name of Thakur, as the prosecution claimed. He said that it has not been proved that the explosion was reportedly taken by a bomb planted on a motorcycle.
Earlier in the morning, the seven accused released on bail reached the session court in South Mumbai where tight security arrangements have been made. The accused in the case included Thakur, Purohit, Major (retired) Ramesh Upadhyay, Ajay Rahirkar, Sudhakar Dwivedi, Sudhakar Chaturvedi and Sameer Kulkarni. All of them were accused of committing terrorist acts under the respective sections of the UAPA and the Indian Penal Code and the Arms Act. The prosecution claimed that the blast was carried out by right -wing extremists with the intention of terrorizing the local Muslim community.
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