2008 Malegaon blast case: Victims move Bombay high court against acquittal of Pragya Thakur, Purohit and others | India News

NEW DELHI: Victims of the 2008 Malegaon blast have approached the Bombay high court challenging the special NIA court’s decision to acquit BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur, Lt Col Prasad Purohit and five others in the case, reported PTI.According to reports, a criminal revision application has been filed on behalf of those injured in the September 29, 2008 blast, which killed six people and left over 100 injured. The National Investigation Agency (NIA), which took over the probe in 2011, had opposed the discharge of the accused but later gave a clean chit to some of them, including Thakur, citing lack of prosecutable evidence. In April this year, the special NIA court acquitted all seven accused while convicting only one, Pravin Takalki, under the Arms Act.The Malegaon blast, which took place near a mosque during the holy month of Ramzan, was one of the first terror cases in which investigators initially linked the involvement of Hindu extremist groups, sparking widespread political and social debate at the time.