‘Bhagwa ki vijay hui hai’: Pragya Singh Thakur reacts after Malegaon bomb blast case verdict; all 7 accused acquitted | India News

Pragya Singh Thakur

NEW DELHI: Ex-BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur on Thursday stated her acquittal by court docket not only a win for her however for each ‘Bhagwa’.“I have been saying this from the very beginning that those who are called for investigation there should be a basis behind that. I was called by them for investigation and was arrested and tortured. This ruined my whole life. I was living a sage’s life, but I was made and an accused, and no one was willingly standing beside us. I am alive because I am a Sanyasi,” Pragya Singh Thakur instructed court docket. “They defamed Bhagwa through a conspiracy. Today, Bhagwa has won, and Hindutva has won, and God will punish those who are guilty. However, those who defamed India and Bhagwa have not been proved wrong by you,” she added.The NIA particular court docket in Mumbai delivered its verdict on Thursday, acquitting all seven accused within the 2008 Malegaon blasts case. The court docket concluded that the prosecution failed to determine the case past an affordable doubt, resulting in the acquittal of the accused, together with Pragya Singh Thakur, Major (retired) Ramesh Upadhyay, Sudhakar Chaturvedi, Ajay Rahirkar, Sudhankar Dhar Dwivedi (Shankaracharya), and Sameer Kulkarni.The court docket additionally ordered Maharashtra authorities to offer compensation to the victims’ households, awarding Rs 2 lakh to the households of the deceased and Rs 50,000 to these injured within the blasts.Throughout the trial, the court docket examined 323 prosecution witnesses and eight protection witnesses earlier than reaching its verdict. The accused have been acquitted of all fees below the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, the Arms Act, and different associated fees.Judge Abhay Lohati famous, (*7*).The court docket additionally identified discrepancies within the medical information, stating, “Court has come to a conclusion that injured people were not 101 but 95 only and there was manipulation. In some medical certificates.”The court docket discovered no proof of explosives being saved or assembled on the residence of Prasad Purohit, one other accused within the case.“No sketch of spot was done by the investigation officer while doing panchnama. No finger print , dump data or anything else was collected for the spot. The samples were contaminated so reports can’t be conclusive and relied upon,” the court docket stated.The case dates again to September 29, 2008, when an explosive gadget strapped to a bike detonated close to a mosque in Malegaon City’s Bhikku Chowk, ensuing within the deaths of six individuals and injuring 95 others.