LIVE Updates | Malegaon Blast Case Verdict | ‘My Life Was Ruined’: Sadhvi Pragya Speaks Out After Acquittal

NCP MP Praful Patel has expressed support for the NIA court’s decision to acquit all seven accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case.

“All condemned what happened in Malegaon, but the court's verdict in the Malegaon blast should be welcomed by all. We consider citizens of our country as ‘Bharatiya’… Hindus were killed in the Pahalgam attack. We will only call this a terrorist attack,” he told reporters.

Reacting to the acquittal of all accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, including BJP MP Sadhvi Pragya, former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Uma Bharti expressed deep emotion and called for action against those who coined the term "Bhagwa terror." "...I am so happy that I do not have words to express. When Pragya was in the Nashik jail, I learned through a police officer that she was extremely tortured. I went to meet her when no one else used to. I cried when I met her... The way she was tortured, it is very difficult for any woman to bear...

Following the acquittal of all accused in the Malegaon blast case, Neeta Dhanwade, advocate and sister of Ramesh Dhanwade, expressed relief over the court's verdict. “We had already maintained our innocence, but we had to fight the case for 17 years. Today's decision has become very important, and we are happy... The 17 years we have endured cannot be fully expressed in words. Our financial situation was not favourable, and mentally we were completely exhausted. Our whole family was shattered because of this... It was the Congress government that promoted the concept of Hindu terrorism. Now, the court's decision has proved...

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has welcomed the NIA court's verdict acquitting all seven accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case. Reacting on X, the UP CM stated, “The acquittal of all accused in the Malegaon blast case is a vibrant proclamation of ‘Satyameva Jayate.’ This decision once again exposes the anti-India, anti-justice, and anti-Sanatan character of the Congress, which committed the crime of tarnishing the image of crores of Sanatan believers, sadhus-saints, and nation-servers by fabricating the false term 'saffron terrorism,” he wrote. He also demanded an apology from the Congress party. “The Congress should publicly acknowledge its unforgivable misdeed...

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde welcomed the special court’s acquittal of all seven accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case. Sharing his views on X, the Shiv Sena leader said the verdict reaffirms the power of truth. “After a long battle of seventeen years, a special court has acquitted seven alleged accused in the Malegaon bomb blast case. It is true that justice was delayed, but it has once again been proven that truth is never defeated,” wrote Shinde. He further stated that his party has stood firmly by the accused from the beginning. “From the very beginning, Shiv Sena has unequivocally...

Advocate Ranjeet Sangle, representing accused Sudhakar Dhar Chaturvedi, commented on the NIA court’s judgment on Thursday: "... After 17 years, the verdict is out. All the accused have been acquitted. There was no proof that the motorcycle used in the blast was Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur's. The injured certificates were fake. The DG ATS has been directed to investigate who made those fake certificates... The DG ATS has also been directed to probe the RDX planted at Sudhakar Chaturvedi's residence... All the accused have been acquitted of the UAPA and other sections... The prosecution failed to prove the two-fold test...

Malegaon Blast Case Verdict LIVE: Advocate Shahid Nadeem, representing the families of the victims in the 2008 Malegaon blast, confirmed on Thursday that they will soon move the High Court to challenge the acquittal of all seven accused in the case. "We will file an appeal independently," Nadeem told ANI. Expressing disappointment over the verdict, he added, "It is sad that we were waiting for the judgment for 17 years. But this is not the victim's fault that the acquittal happened; they just suffered. The victims had come from Malegaon to show their wounds, the court gave the benefit of the doubt...

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis responded to the acquittal of all accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case.

Posting on X, the BJP leader said: “Terrorism was never saffron, is not, and will never be!”

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Reacting to the acquittal of all seven accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, Congress leader Kamal Nath said, "The court has given its verdict in Malegaon, and it is appealable. And its appeal will be necessary."

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Advocate Ranjit Nayar, representing accused number 11, Sudhakar Chaturvedi, responded to the verdict, stating, "The accused have been acquitted in this case. I was the advocate for accused number 11, Sudhakar Chaturvedi. The Court said that there is no proof of the owner of the mobile phones and vehicles found at the spot. ATS investigated this case. The Court said that phones were tapped without any sanction... NCP-Congress was in power back then. They had to do their political gains... Now everything is clear that there are no witnesses against the accused..." #WATCH | Mumbai, Maharashtra: NIA Court acquits all accused in...

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi has expressed disappointment over the NIA court’s verdict in the Malegaon blast case. Sharing his reaction on X, the AIMIM chief stated that the Muslim community in Malegaon was targeted solely because of their religion. “The Malegaon blast case verdict is disappointing. Six namazis were killed in the blast and nearly 100 were injured. They were targeted for their religion. A deliberately shoddy investigation/prosecution is responsible for the acquittal,” he wrote. Owaisi further questioned whether the BJP-led governments would challenge the verdict as promptly as they acted in other cases, “17 years after the blast,...

According to a report by LiveLaw, the special court stated that "there is no evidence to the effect that Abhinav Bharat, an organisation founded by Pragya Thakur and Col. Purohit, used its funds for terror activities."

As per a report by LiveLaw, Special Judge AK Lahoti said the prosecution failed to prove that the bike that exploded belonged to Pragya Thakur. She became a Sadhvi at least 2 years before the blast... no cogent material against her or any other accused, the Court said.

About the planting of RDX at co-accused Col. Purohit's residence, the Court said there is no material on record about the storage of explosives. "Sketch of the room not made... Samples were contaminated," it said.

Malegaon Blast Case Verdict Live Updates: The seven individuals accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case are former BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur, Lt Col Prasad Purohit, retired Major Ramesh Upadhayay, Ajay Rahirkar, Sameer Kulkarni, Sudhakar Chaturvedi, and Sudhakar Dhar Dwivedi.

All 7 have been acquitted by the NIA court in Thursday's verdict.

According to the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), former BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur, Lt Col Prasad Purohit—founder of the right-wing group Abhinav Bharat—and other accused were allegedly involved in a conspiracy to seek "revenge" and "terrorise" the Muslim community. The ATS claimed that multiple "conspiracy meetings" took place in Bhopal, Indore, and other locations in the lead-up to the 2008 blast. Investigators further alleged that Thakur provided a motorcycle used to carry out the blast, which was registered in her name. However, in Thursday's acquittal, the special NIA court observed that the prosecution failed to provide any concrete evidence proving the motorcycle was...

Pragya Singh Thakur was one of the seven accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, which claimed six lives and injured over 100. Arrested in 2008, she faced charges under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and the Indian Penal Code (IPC), including sections related to murder and criminal conspiracy. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) alleged that she was part of a broader plot aimed at inciting communal violence. In 2019, Thakur entered electoral politics and contested the Lok Sabha elections from Bhopal, defeating Congress leader Digvijaya Singh by a margin of 3,64,822 votes in her debut. Beyond the Malegaon case, the...

The NIA Court has acquitted all accused in the Malegaon blast case. Addressing the judge after the verdict, Lt Colonel Prasad Shrikant Purohit said, "I thank you for giving me a chance to serve my nation and my organisation with the same conviction which I was doing before me being framed in this matter. I don’t blame any organisation for all this. Organisations like investigating agencies are not wrong, but people inside the organisations are the ones who have done wrong. I thank you for restoring the faith of the common man in the system again..."

Addressing the judge in the NIA Court after the verdict, Sadhvi Pragya Singh said, "I said 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 an accused, and no one was willingly standing beside us. I am alive because I am a Sanyasi. They defamed Bhagwa through a conspiracy. Today, Bhagwa has won, and Hindutva has won, and God will punish those who...

The NIA Court has acquitted all accused in the Malegaon blast case. The court also stated, "We have ordered the ADG ATS to initiate a probe into the matter of planting of explosives in the house of accused Sudhakar Chaturvedi."

The court has confirmed that the bomb blast occurred, but all accused have been acquitted. Victims' lawyer Advocate Shahid Nadeem stated, "We will challenge this acquittal in the High Court. We will file the appeal independently."

The NIA special court has acquitted all seven accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, clearing them of all charges under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), Arms Act, and related offences.

As part of the court’s directive, the families of the six people who lost their lives in the blast will receive ₹2 lakh each, while those injured will be given ₹50,000 as compensation.

In its ruling, the court stated, "Terrorism has no religion because no religion can advocate violence. The Court cannot convict anyone merely on perception and moral evidence; there has to be cogent evidence."

The NIA court has acquitted all accused in the Malegaon blast case, including Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, Lt Colonel Prasad Purohit, and others. The court cleared them of all charges under the UAPA, Arms Act, and related offences.

#WATCH | NIA Court acquits all accused in Malegaon blast case, including Sadhvi Pragya Singh, Lt Colonel Purohit and others. Accused acquitted of all charges of UAPA, Arms Act and other charges.

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