Overview

• The NIA Special Court acquitted seven suspects, including BJP MP Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, Lt. Col. Prasad Purohit and retired Major Ramesh Upadhyay, citing lack of concrete evidence and credible testimony.
• Justice A.K. Lahoti ruled that the prosecution failed to prove any link between the accused and the bomb components or motorcycle and emphasized that terrorism has no religion.
• Retired ATS officer Mehboob Mujawar alleged that IPS officer Paramveer Singh ordered him to arrest RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and pressured him to fabricate charges to support a ‘saffron terror’ theory.
• Mujawar said he resisted demands to list deceased victims as alive in the chargesheet and was later falsely implicated before being acquitted of those accusations.
• Political leaders and legal experts are urging an independent investigation into the officers accused of coercing false evidence and abusing investigative powers.