00:00Mustafa, over to you now. Tell us about each accused, seven in total.
00:04All of them acquitted. Court is unable to rely on evidence.
00:07Grave suspicion. But mere suspicion cannot take the prosecution
00:11and take that case ahead. A grave incident against society had happened.
00:15Court cannot convict just on moral grounds. Prosecution had to establish
00:20evidence beyond doubt. Mustafa, go ahead.
00:26Well, that's true that since the time
00:28Special Judge A.K. Lahoki started pronouncing the judgment, he went through
00:31in conclusion and in detail. First,
00:34referring about the F.I.R. and technical details
00:36to it. Then, the
00:38police failing to establish how the motorbike
00:40was parked in a cordon-off area.
00:43Third,
00:44that the vehicle ownership
00:46is not confirmed by
00:48the prosecution evidences.
00:50Third, the prosecution evidences cannot
00:52be relied upon. Fourth,
00:54the UAPA case, the prosecution was taken
00:56not properly and hence the UAP doesn't apply to the case and hence
00:59the court has said that all this being said by the
01:02prosecution has been just a narrative. It's not been
01:04proved in evidence and hence all the seven
01:06accused have been acquitted back to you.
01:08Alright, Divyesh continues to be with us.
01:10Divyesh, what all is being said currently
01:12by the judge? Take us to the details and
01:14remember, our team is on high alert right now
01:16because these accused are going to be
01:18coming out. First reaction on from what
01:20Saadvi Pragya will say. All
01:22left-in-colonel Purohit and five others.
01:24Divyesh, over to you. All seven accused
01:26acquitted in the 2008
01:28Malagao blast case.
01:30Well, Pooja, this is
01:36huge. The
01:38case which started in 2008
01:40Saadvi Pragya Singh Chakur
01:42left-in-colonel Purohit
01:44major upadhyay. There were several others
01:46who were arrested and
01:47then the ATS, the anti-terrorism
01:50squad of Maharashtra
01:51police had termed it as
01:53saffron terror, an organization
01:55named Abhinav Bharat.
01:57So, it was being said, it was being said
01:59by the ATS that Abhinav Bharat was the
02:02organization of which all these
02:04accused were members and they had
02:06hatched the conspiracy to carry out
02:07blast, to carry out terror activity
02:09in Malagao. The blast that
02:11allegedly killed six persons, injured
02:14101 others.
02:16But now, the court
02:18after lengthy trial, after
02:20investigation by four agencies,
02:23the Nashik Rural Police,
02:24the Azad Nagar Police Station, the
02:27anti-terrorism squad, the
02:29National Investigation Agency.
02:31Investigation by four agencies,
02:33lengthy trial of 17 years and
02:36now the verdict comes out that all
02:39the seven accused are acquitted.
02:42The punch nama was faulty,
02:44the scene of crime was
02:48contaminated, police officials had
02:50coerced and taken statements
02:53using force and the witness
02:57statements, which have been, the
02:59legal witness statements, which
03:01had been relied upon, have not been
03:04considered by the court.
03:04Divya, let's quickly go through,
03:06quickly go through, let's take the
03:07three key takeaways right now from
03:09what the court has said. All seven
03:11accused have been acquitted, no
03:13evidence on record that can confirm
03:15the suspicion or the accusation that
03:17have come in against the seven
03:19accused. Let's go one by one, let's
03:20go against Lieutenant Colonel
03:21Purohit, what was said by the court
03:23then about Sadhvi Pragya and of
03:26course what it means for them as
03:27well for the 17 years that they
03:29face these serious charges. Go ahead
03:31Divyaish, let's begin first with
03:32Lieutenant Colonel Purohit, charges
03:34against him that he had provided
03:35logistical support. What did the court
03:37say to that?
03:39Well, Pooja, Lieutenant Colonel
03:41Purohit, who was an officer of
03:43military intelligence, he was
03:45arrested by the anti-terrorism
03:47squad. Even some of his colleagues
03:50gave statements against him. Their
03:52statements were taken into
03:54consideration by the anti-terrorism
03:56squad. And as per the chart sheet of
03:59anti-terrorism squad, Lieutenant Colonel
04:01Purohit brought RDX from Kashmir,
04:04brought it to Nashik Deolali, gave it to
04:07Sudhakar Chaturvedi and at his
04:10residence, the IED was prepared, the IED
04:13was made, which was used, which was
04:16allegedly used in the blast that was
04:19being said by the ATS. ATS also went on
04:22to slap charges of organized crime.
04:26MC OCA, Maharashtra, Maharashtra
04:31control of organized crime act, a
04:33stringent act, which was slapped against
04:37the seven accused. There were several
04:40other accused who were...
04:42Yes. Go ahead, Divyesh, if there's
04:45heightened activity. Yes. Mustafa
04:48continues to be with us. Mustafa, I bring
04:50you in here. First reactions coming in
04:52anytime now. Remember, what will
04:53Sadhvi Pragya Thakur say? What will
04:55Lieutenant Colonel Purohit say? They had
04:57been cautious. They didn't say much this
04:58morning when they were heading to the
05:00court. But others who have spoken up,
05:02including the two as well, seemed
05:03confident that they have not been
05:06involved and that they will be acquitted.
05:08One by one, all the names on your
05:09screen. Seven accused for 17 years
05:13faced serious charges. First from
05:14Maharashtra ATS, then from the NIA as
05:17well. Mustafa continues to be with us.
05:19So, Mustafa, you've been speaking to
05:21some of those accused, their lawyers as
05:22much. And now that they have been
05:25acquitted, first reactions coming in
05:27anytime now.
05:32Well, yes, the reactions will come out
05:35and because there was a battery of lawyers
05:36for seven accused, different lawyers and
05:39they'll be speaking in a minute. But yes,
05:41if you see the entire case, which is how
05:42it's involved, is that the Swadhi
05:44Pragya Singh Thakur's role in the blast
05:46was that the bike which allegedly on which
05:49this bomb went off that was owned by her.
05:52That's one.
05:53Lieutenant Colonel Purohit is said to be the
05:56person who provided RDX from Kashmir for
06:00this alleged incident. And the traces of
06:03which was found is what the ATS theory
06:05was that the NIA had later rejected. Again,
06:08Ramesh Upadhyaya, Sudhanshu Trivedi, there
06:10are many other peoples who said to have
06:12some from the ATS said to have recovered
06:15some electronic evidences from them. And
06:19that there was a conspiracy, there were
06:21different meetings which were taking place. But
06:23all these all these cases, all these things
06:25were not proven in court. And that's why it
06:28seems that the acquittal has come out so
06:31clearly.
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