No concrete testimony, no explosives ... How 7 accused, including the acquitted Pragya Thakur? Understand the full story with the decision of the NIA Court
The guard in Maharashtra’s Malegaon Blast case is over. After 17 years, the court ruling finally came. The NIA Court acquitted all the seven accused in the Malegaon Bomb Blast case in 2008. Pragya Singh Thakur, Lieutenant -Colonel Purohit, released Major Ramesh Upadhyay, Sudhakar Chaturvedi, Ajay Rahirkar, Sudhakar Dhar Dwivedi and Sameer Kulkarni. The question now is what happened in court that all the accused were acquitted. This will make it clear from the remarks of the court and the given decision. The decision came today on Thursday, on Thursday, after a 17 -year -old guard in the Malegaon bompling. The Special Court of the NIA, ie the National Investigation Agency has acquitted all the seven accused in the absence of evidence. The court made it clear in its ruling that the bomb was found, nor a fingerprint or any fingerprint. The court said there is a significant difference in the charge sheet of ATS and NIA. According to the court’s decision, the prosecution could not prove that there was a bomb in the motorcycle. There was no evidence against Colonel Purohit that he made or provided bombs. It was also not proven who kept the bomb. Experts did not gather evidence after the incident, which tampered with the evidence. “There is no religion of terrorism” The court also said that the panchnama was not done properly after the explosion, fingers were not taken away from the scene and the bike of the bike was never repaired. Nor could it be proved that the bike was named after Sadhvi Pragya. The court made clear that all seven accused were innocent. No one can only be punished on the basis of doubt. The court also said that there is no religion of terrorism. What hasn’t been proven yet? 1. RDX and evidence of bomb could not prove. 2.. It could not be proven that the bike was Sadhvi Pragya. 3.. It could not be proved that there was a meeting before the explosion. 4.. It has not been proven that Colonel brought Purohit RDX. 5.. The chassis of the bike was never repaired. 6. Nothing was known from the panchnama of the incident. 7. UAPA does not apply – this matter does not hold. The verdict was reserved on April 19. In fact, the verdict was reserved on April 19 after the prosecution and the defense and the final debate in the case. Seven people, including Lieutenant Colonel Prasad Purohit, former BJP parliamentary Pragya Singh Thakur and retired Major Ramesh Upadhyay, were heard in this case. All of them have been charged in terms of different sections of the Illegal Activities Act (Uapa) and Indian penalty Code (IPC). All the accused are currently on bail. What was the whole Malegaon case? On September 29, 2008, there was an explosion in Malegaon, Maharashtra, the holy month of Ramadan and just before Navratri. Six people lost their lives and injured more than 100 in the explosion. The prosecution questioned 323 Witnesses during a decade, 34 of which 34 were withdrawn by their statements. Initially, the case was investigated by the Maharashtra Anti -Terrorism Squad (ATS). However, the investigation was handed over to the NIA in 2011.