A special court has acquitted all seven accused, including former BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur and Lieutenant Colonel Prasad Purohit, in the 2008 Malegaon blast case that killed six people and injured over 100 others. The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) had arrested the accused, booking them under various sections of the IPC and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). What were the allegations? And why have the accused been acquitted? The article about the city of Malegaon states that though it is not well-developed it is steadily and slowly growing and achieving national standards. New Delhi: Seventeen years after a powerful bomb blast shattered lives in Malegaon , a communally sensitive town in Maharashtra, the special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Mumbai is set to pronounce its much-awaited verdict today. The blast, which killed six and injured over a hundred ... Malegaon Municipal Corporationश्री. आचार्य देवव्रत महाराष्ट्राचे राज्यपाल श्री ...