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The National Investigation Agency on Friday dropped the names of Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur and four others as 'accused' in the September 2008 Malegaon blasts case, in its charge-sheet filed before a Special Court.
The significant development will pave the way for a discharge and early release from jail for all these four accused from the sensitive case which had brought to fore the so-called 'right-wing terror' first time in the country.
The blasts, that took place on September 29, 2008, had killed four and injured 79.
According to media reports, the Maharashtra ATS, in a chargesheet filed earlier, had named 14 people as accused, including Thakur and Purohit. This was before the NIA took over the investigation three years ago.
NIAs’ probe felt pointed to ‘weak evidence’ against Thakur.
