Pragya Thakur, Former BJP MP acquitted in 2008 Malegaon Blast case | All you need to know

In a indispensable construction, weak BJP MP MP Pragya Singh Thakur used to be among all seven accused acquitted by a particular NIA court docket in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, in Mumbai on Thursday. Six other folks were killed and around 100 were injured on September 29, 2008, when an explosive tool detonated advance a mosque in Malegaon metropolis in Maharashtra.

Reach to a determination AK Lahoti pronounced the decision and talked about the prosecution indeed proved that a blast occurred in Malegaon, however failed to prove that a bomb used to be positioned in that particular particular person bike, ANI reported. “The bike allegedly taking into account the blast did no longer be pleased a decided chassis number. Prosecution may no longer prove that it used to be in (Pragya Thakur’s) possession in the present day earlier than the blast,” the court docket extra talked about.

Referring to the probe, the court docket talked about, “No sketch of the place of living used to be executed by the investigation officer whereas doing the panchnama. No fingerprint, dump data or anything else else used to be quiet for the place of living. The samples were contaminated, so the stories can’t be conclusive and are no longer legit.”

WHO IS PRAGYA SINGH THAKUR?

• Pragya Singh Thakur alias Swami Purna Chetananand Giri (55) used to be the accused predominant in the 2008 Malegaon blast case.
• Pragya Singh Thakur is the resident of Madhya Pradesh and used to be an activist of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP)
• She used to be the first particular particular person whom the ATS arrested in connection with the bombing.
• On 21 November 2019, Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur used to be made a part of the 21-member parliamentary consultative committee on defence, which is headed by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
• After her comment in parliament, the place she known as Nathuram Godse (Gandhi’s murderer) a patriot, she used to be criticised by opposition bag together contributors.
• On 28 November, she used to be sacked from the committee on defence as properly as BJP parliamentary bag together conferences.