How many people died in Malegaon Blast ... will the government conduct a new investigation into the acquittal of all the accused?

How many people died in Malegaon Blast … will the government conduct a new investigation into the acquittal of all the accused? Last updated: July 31, 2025, 18:22 IST Malegaon Bomb Blast 2008 Case ruling: 6 people dead and 95 were injured in Malegaon Blast 2008. After 17 years, the NIA Court acquitted all accused, including Sadhvi Pragya Thakur, Colonel Purohit. What should the government do now … Read more, after the decision in the Malegaon case, what will be the next step of the government? 6 People died in the highlights of Malegaon Blast. The NIA Court has acquitted all the accused. The government has not announced a new investigation. Malegaon Blast 2008: On the night of September 29, 2008, the explosion in the bike near a mosque at Anjuman Chowk shocked the entire city in the midst of preparations for Ramadan and Navratri in Malegaon, Maharashtra. 6 People lost their lives in this explosion, including Fareen Sheikh, Sheikh Mushtaq Yusuf, Sheikh Rafiq Mustafa, Irfan Jiaullah Khan, Syed Azhar and Aaron Shah. 95 people were injured, many lives have changed forever. 17 years later, on July 31, 2025, the Special Court of NIA acquitted all the seven accused, including Sadhvi Pragya Thakur, Lieutenant -Colonel Prasad Purohit. The court described the lack of evidence and the defects in the investigation. Now the question arises that who did the explosion in Malegaon? Did the then government deliberately implicate Hindu organizations and their leaders? Will the current government now re -examine the Malegaon explosion? Or the fate of Malegaon Blast will also be like a Mumbai explosion, where the victims are waiting for justice even today? The 2008 Malegaon explosion took place in a common sensitive area, where the population of Muslim -dominated population lives. The explosion at 21:35 targeted the Namazis and the people in the market. The dead included the expectations of innocent children and families. Many of the injured still struggle with physical and spiritual trauma. A victim of the victim said: ‘We lost our loved ones, but even after 17 years the truth was not revealed. “Did the decision of the court that came today deepen the wounds of the victims? The decision of the court and a lack of evidence was initially investigated by Maharashtra ATS, which Sadhvi Pragya Thakur, Colonel Purohit, Ramesh Upadhyay, Ajay Rahairkar, Sudhakar Dwivedi, Sudhakar Chaturvedi and Kulkarni, Sudhakar Chaturvedi and KuLkarni. The ATS claims that the bike with which the explosion was in Pragya was in the name of Pragya and brought the priest Rdx of Kashmir. In 2011, the investigation was handed over to the NIA. The NIA interviewed 323 Witnesses, but 34 Witnesses returned some of their statements. The court acknowledged that the prosecution could not prove whether there was a bomb or conspiracy in the bike. The streams of the UAPA could not be applied as there were defects in the solid process. The possibility of the new investigation of the government is anger among the victims and locals after the court’s decision. A Malegaon resident said: “6 people were killed, 95 were injured, but no responsibility?” The NIA Court has ordered compensation of Rs 2 Lakh to the families of the victims and Rs 50,000 to the injured, but it cannot replace justice. The Maharashtra government has not yet announced a new investigation. Some X posts have claimed that the government can appeal to the Supreme Court, but that it did not have an official confirmation. The decision of the court questioned the credibility of the investigative agencies. The contradictions in the charge of ATS and NIA, a lack of fingerprints and reversal of witnesses reflect the weaknesses of the investigation. In such a situation, the hope of justice for the victims is now in the Supreme Court or the new investigation. But if the government does not take active steps, the Malegaon explosion can become an unresolved mystery like the Mumbai attacks. Malegaon Blast snapped 6 lives and hurt hundreds of families. After a long trial of 17 years, the acquittal of all the accused is a shock to the victims. The government now has the option to start an appeal or new investigation in the Supreme Court. If this does not happen, this matter can be buried on those pages of history, where justice remains incomplete. The streets of Malegaon still remember the screams of that night, and the question of the victims is the same: “Who is the right culprit?” About the author Ravi Shankar Singhchif reporter Ravi Shankar Singh, who studied journalism at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, also worked in the FirstPost Hindi Digital Site except Sahara Samay Time News Channel, Tehelka, P-7 and Live India News Channel. Apart from political news … Read more, Ravi Shankar Singh Sahara, who studied journalism at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, also worked in the FirstPost Hindi-Digital website, except the News Channel, Tehelka, P-7 and Live India News Channel. Apart from political news … Read more location: Malegaon, Nashik, Maharashtra Homenation, will the government re -investigate after the acquittal of the accused in the Malegaon case?