Malegaon Blasts

2008 Malegaon blast: Special NIA court likely to give judgment on July 31

A Special NIA court here on Thursday said it will likely give the judgment in the 2008 Malegaon blast case on July 31, noting that the matter has voluminous documents and it needs some time to deliver the verdict. Almost 17 years after the blast, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) court had on April 19 reserved the verdict for May 8. However, Special Judge A K Lahoti, presiding over the case, kept it for the next date. The judge told the accused persons, present in the court, that the case has voluminous documents, and it will take some time to pass the judgment. He asked all the accused in the case to be present on July 31, the next date. Six people were killed and over 100 injured when an explosive device strapped on a motorcycle went off near a mosque in Malegaon, a town about 200 km from Mumbai in north Maharashtra, on September 29, 2008. During the trial, the prosecution examined 323 witnesses, of whom 34 turned hostile. Lt Col Prasad Purohit, BJP leader Pragya Thakur, M

Malegaon blasts: Why ATS, CBI, NIA reached different conclusions, asks HC

The bench was hearing petitions filed by the Maharashtra government and the four accused challenging the discharge of the nine men booked earlier

Who botched up Malegaon blast investigation?

NIA accuses ATS of planting evidence and coercing witnesses, but its own investigation is incomplete and leaves many questions unanswered

'Irrefutable' evidence against RSS leader in Malegaon case: AAP

AAP leader Ashish Khetan also accused Union Minister Kiren Rijiju of 'misleading' the nation

Congress corners Centre over Malegaon blast U-turn

Asserting that the sudden turnaround by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in the 2008 Malegaon blasts case has only made matters murkier, the Congress on Monday trained its guns on the Prime Minister Narendra Modi led-NDA government and asked it to cite a single incident of serious terrorist case where charges were dropped by the investigative agencies before the law could take its course.Congress spokesperson Abhishekh Manu Singhvi told ANI that after NIA gave a clean chit to Sadhvi Pragya and other saffron leaders India has become a laughing stock in front of the world."The nations wants to know from the PMO, from the BJP government, from the Prime Minister in many cases so far please site a single incident of serious terrorist case where charges have been dropped by the prosecuting agencies even before the court has decided whether to frame charges or not," Singhvi said."I can't think of a single case where in this cheap political manner a federal agency NIA is fighting ...

Congress committed treason for its role in sadhvi Pragya's arrest: BJP's Yogi Adityanath

In a U-turn, the NIA had yesterday dropped all charges against sadhvi Pragya and five others in the Malegaon blast case