Sadhvi's bail
plea rejected
Virtually questioning NIA's clean chit to 2008 Malegaon blast case accused Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, a special NIA court here on Tuesday observed there are reasonable grounds to believe that the charges against her are prima facie true and rejected her bail plea.
Special Judge SD Tekale rejected the bail application at an in-camera hearing after families of the blast victims objected to Pragya's plea.
Advocate Wahab Khan, appearing for the intervener in the case who was among the injured, said the court pulled up the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for conducting a fresh investigation under the pretext of carrying out further probe.
The NIA had on May 13 dropped the names of Sadhvi Pragya and four others as "accused" in the blast case in its charge sheet filed before the special court here, citing lack of evidence, and revoked provisions of the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA). It also did not oppose her bail plea moved earlier this month.
