After being acquitted within the 2008 Malegaon blast case by an NIA court docket, Lt Colonel Prasad Shrikant Purohit expressed deep gratitude to the judiciary and the Armed Forces. Thanking the court docket for “delivering justice”, Lt Col Purohit mentioned he was “extraordinarily grateful” to the nation and people who stood by him in the course of the 17-year lengthy authorized battle.
Talking with the media after his acquittal in the Malegaon blast case, Lt Colonel Prasad Shrikant Purohit mentioned, “I’m extraordinarily grateful to the nation and people who stood by us. I’m grateful to the judiciary for understanding the case and delivering justice to all of us.”
“In the course of the battle, the Armed forces stood by me. I’ve no phrases to specific my gratitude to all of them,” he mentioned.
Lt Col Purohit, who was reinstated within the Military pending trial, mentioned he was implicated within the case and asserted he’ll proceed to serve the nation as earlier than and with the identical vigor. He asserted that he would proceed serving the organisation and the nation. Additionally Learn | Here’s how things unfolded from 2008 as ex-BJP MP Pragya Thakur and six others acquitted
“No investigating company is fallacious; it’s the folks serving in these businesses who’re fallacious. This nation is nice. We should take care that fallacious folks don’t rise and make folks like us endure,” Purohit mentioned.
MALEGAON BLAST CASE
An explosive gadget strapped to a bike went off close to a mosque within the Malegaon city of Maharashtra, situated about 200 km from Mumbai, on September 29, 2008 killing six individuals and injuring 101 others. Additionally Learn | Ujjwal Nikam slams use of ‘saffron terror’ in Malegaon blast case
In addition to Pragya Thakur and Lt Col Purohit, Main Ramesh Upadhyay (retired), Ajay Rahirkar, Sudhakar Dwivedi, Sudhakar Chaturvedi and Sameer Kulkarni had been additionally accused within the case. All have been acquited by a particular court docket in Mumbai.
