AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday expressed disappointment over the acquittal of seven accused in the Malegaon blast case. A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on Thursday acquitted all seven accused, including former BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur and Lt Col Prasad Purohit, in the case dating back to 2008.Six people were killed and over 100 were injured when an explosive device strapped on a motorcycle went off near a mosque in Malegaon, a town in north Maharashtra, on September 29, 2008, during the holy month of Ramadan.Soon after the verdict, Owaisi took to platform X to express his disappointment. “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 on X.Owaisi, according to India Today, questioned the handling of multiple terror investigations, including the Malegaon blasts of 2006 and 2008, the Mumbai train blasts, and the Samjhauta Express blast. He asked who is accountable for these incidents, pointing to the use of military-grade RDX in the 2008 Malegaon case and the unresolved source of the explosives. “17 years after the blast, the Court has acquitted all of the accused for lack of evidence. Will the Modi & Fadnavis governments appeal the judgement the way they swiftly demanded stay in the Mumbai train blasts acquittals? Will Maharashtra’s “secular” political parties demand accountability? Who killed the 6 people?” Owaisi wrote on X.
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