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Mumbai: Less than two months after being acquitted in the 2008 Malegaon bomb blast case, Lieutenant Colonel Prasad Purohit has been promoted to the rank of Colonel by the Indian Army. Purohit was one of the seven accused in the case, alongside former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Pragya Singh Thakur, who were acquitted by a special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court. Special Judge A.K. Lahoti, while acquitting the accused, observed that though there was "grave suspicion" against them, ...Read More >
Former Bharatiya Janata Party MP Pragya Singh Thakur, acquitted in the September 2008 Malegaon blast case, on Saturday alleged that she was tortured by the investigating officers who asked her to name several persons including Prime Minister Narendra Modi. IMAGE: Former BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur. Photograph: ANI Photo This is the first time Thakur has made this sensational claim which finds no mention in the 1036-page judgment of the special NIA court acquitting all seven accused in the case. ...Read More >
Some of the victims' families will file an independent appeal against the judgment, said their lawyer, who also blamed the NIA for not pursuing perjury action against the witnesses who turned hostile during the trial Calling the 2008 Malegaon blast verdict "unacceptable", the father of the youngest victim of the attack said he will approach higher courts, including the Supreme Court if needed, in pursuit of justice. "The court's judgement is wrong. We will go to the Supreme Court to seek justi ...Read More >
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