Mumbai: Malegaon blast case The court has issued a warrant against a former officer of the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad, which probed the 2008 case. Mumbai Sessions Special for not appearing in court despite being summoned to record his reply NIA Court A bailable warrant has been issued against him and he has been directed to appear in the court on October 13.
During the hearing of the case in December 2021, a witness told the special NIA court that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and four Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leaders Indresh Kumar, Kakaji, Devdharji and Swami Aseemanand were tortured by the Maharashtra ATS. . implicate them on false charges. Since then a new controversy has arisen regarding this matter. The former ATS officer, who arrested four others including Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur in this case, has been directed to appear before the court to record her statement. However, the court issued a bailable warrant of five thousand pages against the officer as he was not present to record his statement.
On 29 September 2008, a bomb exploded in the premises of a mosque in Malegaon. Seven people lost their lives and many were injured. Lt Col Prasad Purohit, Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur along with Ramesh Upadhyay, Sameer Kulkarni, Sudhakar Chaturvedi, Sudhakar Dwivedi and Ajay Rahirkar were arrested in this case. A case was registered against these accused under sections 16 (committing terroristic act) and 18 (conspiracy). Relevant provisions of the Explosive Substances Act, including UAPA sections 120(b) (criminal conspiracy), 302 (murder), 307 (attempt to murder), 324 (causing hurt), and 153(a) (inciting enmity between two religious groups) Earlier the Anti-Terrorism Squad was probing the case. However, the investigation was later handed over to the NIA. The matter has been adjourned till September 27 for further hearing.
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