AIMIM leader and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi strongly criticised the NIA court’s verdict delivered on July 31, 2025, acquitting all seven accused—including Pragya Singh Thakur and Lt Colonel Prasad Purohit—in the 2008 Malegaon mosque bombing. He described the investigation as “deliberately shoddy,” asserting that the six namazis killed in the blast were specifically targeted because of their religion, and questioned who bears accountability for the lives lost.(ndtv.com, siasat.com)
Owaisi emphasised that nearly 100 people were injured, and lamented the absence of justice due to the prosecution’s failure to produce credible evidence. He and other critics have raised concerns over whether Maharashtra and federal authorities will appeal the judgment, as they did in similar high‑profile cases, and questioned if any official accountability will follow.(ndtv.com)
Owaisi also referenced internal claims that former prosecutor Rohini Salian alleged the NIA had instructed her to go easy on the accused, and pointed out the paradox that one of the acquitted, Pragya Thakur, went on to become a BJP MP in 2019. He further invoked the memory of slain ATS chief Hemant Karkare, whose initial probe into the case was overshadowed by the later controversies.(livemint.com)
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