Overview

• An NIA special court acquitted all seven suspects in the 2008 Malegaon bombings today, citing a lack of concrete evidence and unreliable witnesses.
• Justice A.K. Lahoti found that prosecutors failed to link key elements—such as explosives, the vehicle, or credible testimony—to the accused.
• Retired ATS officer Mehboob Mujawar and witness Milind Joshi allege they were pressured to implicate RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to support a ‘saffron terrorism’ theory.
• Former Maharashtra CM Prithviraj Chavan proposed replacing “saffron terrorism” with “Sanatan terrorism” and questioned why authorities kept the case open until 2014.
• In Bangalore, a special court convicted former MP Prajjwal Revanna of rape based on forensic analysis of a semen-stained sari and victim-recorded videos, with sentencing set for August 2.