Bhagwa has won: Here’s how Sadhvi Pragya, Lt Col Purohit reacted after acquittal

July 31, 2025

After 17 year long trial, NIA Court acquitted all seven accused of the Malegaon Blast Case, citing lack of evidence.  hailing the court verdict, Sadhvi Pragya Singh, who reached the NIA court, said that it is a victory of Bhagwa. Let us tell you that Sadhavi Pagya Thakur was among the seven accused. Today court gave a clean chit to all seven accused.

Sadhavi Pragya in the court said she was arrested and tortured in name of investigation. “I said this from the very beginning that those who are called for investigation there should be a basis behind that. I was called by them for investigation and was arrested and tortured. This ruined my whole life. I was living a sage’s life, but I was made and accused, and no one was willingly standing beside us.”

She added that she survived all the torture because she is sage. “I am alive because I am a Sanyasi. They defamed Bhagwa through a conspiracy. Today, Bhagwa has won, and Hindutva has won, and God will punish those who are guilty. However, those who defamed India and Bhagwa have been proved wrong…”, she further said.

Thankyou for restoring faith: Lt Colonel Shrikant Purohit 

Lt Colonel Prasad Shrikant Purohit said, “I thank you for giving me a chance to serve my nation and my organisation with the same conviction which I was doing before me being framed in this matter. I don’t blame any organisation for all this. Organisations like investigating agencies are not wrong, but people inside the organisations are the ones who have done wrong . I thank you for restoring the faith of the common man in the system again…”

NIA Court acquits all accused in Malegaon blast case | Addressing the judge in the NIA Court, Lt Colonel Prasad Shrikant Purohit says, “I thank you for giving me a chance to serve my nation and my organisation with the same conviction which I was doing before me being framed in…

— ANI (@ANI) July 31, 2025

NIA Court Verdict 

Judge AK Lahoti said that it was not proved that the bike in which the blast took place was in the name of Sadhvi Pragya. It could also not be proved that Colonel Prasad Purohit made the bomb. No angle of conspiracy was proved, said court.

2008 Malegaon Blast Case

The Malegaon blasts took place on 29 September 2008. The accused former BJP MP Pragya Thakur, Colonel Prasad Purohit, Ramesh Upadhyay, Ajay Rahirkar, Sudhakar Chaturvedi, Sameer Kulkarni, and Sudhakar Dhar Dwivedi were in court.

Six people were killed and several others injured when an explosive device strapped to a motorcycle detonated near a mosque in Malegaon City, Nashik.

6 people died in this blast, whereas about 101 people were injured. It was revealed that people associated with Hindu right-wing groups were behind this blast. The initial investigation of this case was done by the Maharashtra ATS. In 2011, the case was handed over to NIA. The NIA filed a chargesheet in 2016.