Malegaon Blast Case: Sadhvi Pragya says that he was tortured in the name of PM Modi; Forced to lie about Yogi Bharat News

New Delhi: Recently, Sadhi Pragya, who was acquitted by terrorist allegations in the Malegaon blast case, claimed on Saturday that he was forced to name “tortured and Prime Minister Yogi Adityanath, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, and others” Prime Minister Narendra Modi.The former Bhopal MP said that he did not name him, as it was “a clear effort to lie him”.“He named me many people including Ram Madhav. To do all this, he harassed me. My lungs left … I was illegally detained in a hospital. All this story will be shared in the story I am writing, but the truth could not be buried. I used to live in Gujarat, so he also asked me the name Prime Minister Modi (who was the Gujarat Minister). I did not name anyone because they were trying to make me a lie, “he said.He further claimed that the other names on which he was pressurized to mention him was Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Mohan Bhagwat, and senior union activists Indresh Kumar. He said, “He said that take these names and we will not be able to beat you.”After about 17 years, on 31 July, a special NIA court in Mumbai acquitted all the seven accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, which included former BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur and Lieutenant Colonel Prasad Purohit. All were already on bail.On September 29, 2008, the city of Malegaon was killed in Nashik district, killing six people and injuring more than 100. The court ordered a compensation of Rs 2 lakh to the families of the deceased and Rs 50,000 to each injured victim.In its judgment, the court stated that the chassis number of the motorcycle used in the alleged explosion was erased. It also ruled that there was no reliable evidence that Thakur owned the vehicle. The court further saw that it had taken Sanya (sacrifice) two years before the incident and left the property of the material.

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What happened in 2008 An explosive device, allegedly designed for a motorcycle, was exploded during the holy month of Ramadan and near a mosque on the eve of the Navratri festival. The other accused are acquitted heads Ramesh Upadhyay (retired), Ajay Raheerkar, Sameer Kulkarni, Sudhakar Chaturvedi, and Sudhakar Dhar Dwaravedi. The ATS had alleged that the motorcycle used in the blast was Thakur, while the priest brought RDX from Jammu and Kashmir and stored it in his home. Both denied the allegations. He was acquitted from allegations under various stringent sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and the Indian Penal Code (IPC), including a terrorist act, a terrorist act, criminal conspiracy, murder, and conspiracy to promote enmity between religious groups. Initially, the Maharashtra was investigated under the late Hemant Karkare led by the Anti-Oddivism Squad (ATS), quickly in the late 2008 Thakur and now the priest. The ATS, at that time, allegedly, first, added the “participation of Saffron extremists” to a large conspiracy cases. The investigation into the alleged major conspiracy of the Abhinav Bharat Sangathan was brought to light a series of allegedly important meetings, portraying the picture of a group, intention with the intention of avenge the alleged atrocities against Hindus and the establishment of “Central Hindu Government” (Aryawart). The prosecution argued that these meetings demonstrate an attempt to an calculation to attack terror by orchestrate a bomb blast in Malegaon in a Muslim-class area. The case took a significant turn when it was transferred to the NIA in 2011. In 2015, Special Public Prosecutor Rohini Salian publicly alleged that the NIA had directed him to go “soft” on the accused, which led to a change in the prosecution. In May 2016, the supplementary charge sheet of the NIA, accusing the priest of imposing RDX marks to frame, especially, giving a clean chit to Thakur and others, cited insufficient evidence. Despite the NIA’s stance, on December 27, 2017, the Special Court ruled that seven accused, including Thakur and the priest, would have to face testing under the stringent illegal activities (prevention) Act (UAPA), although the allegations under Maharashtra control were demolished under the Organized Crime Act (MCOCA). Finally, on October 30, 2018, allegations of terror and murder were formally prepared against Thakur, priest and five others. The test began on December 3, 2018. The proceedings were also depicted by more than 323 prosecution witnesses, with 37 hostile, and a rejected petition for the in-camera test. Many dramatic moments were also seen in the test. In June 2019, Pragya Singh Thakur, till then an elected member of Parliament from Bhopal, made a stir in court, complaining about “dirty and small” chair and “dusty” court. The recording of the final statements from the accused was concluded in 2024, followed by the examination of eight Raksha witnesses. The long journey of the verdict also saw five different judges under the chairmanship of the case, with the current Special Judge, a Lahoti tenure, recently expanded by the Bombay High Court by 31 August 2025, to ensure that he could give a decision. The final arguments concluded in April 2025, and after a brief adjournment from 8 May, the matter finally reserved for the verdict.