Malegaon Blast Case: Sadhvi Pragya, Lt Colonel Purohit Not To Be Charged Under Organised Crime Law
December 27, 2017
Lieutenant Colonel Prasad Purohit and Sadhvi Pragya, accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, will not be charged under a tough law against organised crime.
A special National Investigating Agency (NIA) court has dropped charges under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act, 1999, against six accused including Lt Colonel Purohit and Sadhvi Pragya.
Two bombs planted on a motorcycle exploded in on September 29, 2008, killing seven people and injuring over a 100 in Malegaon, a textile town in Maharashtra 270 km from Mumbai. Lt Col Purohit was among those arrested.(ndtv)
