Court drops MCOCA against Sadhvi Pragya, Purohit.

Dear All,


This is cause for serious national concern. Day by day we see the ATS, now led by Raghuvanshi, dithering on following the investigation carried out by it's former chief, the late Shri Hemant Karakare, who was a victim of the 26/11 terror attacks.


Now even the courts are being manipulated to protect Sadhvi Pargya & Lt. Col. Purohit.


This was expected, as well as predicted by those of us who had stated that part of the strategic agenda or rather the sub-plot behind the 26/11 attacks was to scuttle the investigation into the Hindutva terrorist networks that went deep into the RSS and the BJP, as well as sections of our Military-Intelligence and police apparatus.


We stand further vindicated in our position. There is a need for a national outcry against this outrageous judgement of the court as well as the role of the police and the ATS. This, in our estimation is not possible without the tacit approval of the national political leadership of the Congress and the BJP.


In solidarity with the victims of terror.




Feroze Mithiborwala, Kishore Jagtap, Sayeed Khan, Varsha V V & Amol Madame. Awami Bharat
For a Global Struggle against Imperialism, Zionism & Brahmanism.




In a reprieve to sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, Lt Col S P Purohit and nine other accused in the 2008 Malegaon bomb blast case, a special court today dropped provisions of the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) invoked against them saying none are part of an organised crime syndicate.


Designated Judge Y D Shinde, presiding over the special MCOCA court here, however, rejected the bail plea of Purohit.


The court dropped the charges in this case while hearing the bail plea of Purohit who had challenged invoking this stringent act. Shinde observed that none of the accused are part of the organised crime syndicate.


He also observed that none of the accused had more than one charge sheet filed against him or her -- a prerequisite for invoking provisions of MCOCA.



As provisions of IPC would apply now, the case would be heard by a sessions court in Nashik.

The special court, however, stayed its order lifting MCOCA provisions for a period of four weeks to enable the state to file an appeal in Bombay High Court.



Additional DGP K P Raghuvanshi said the government would file an appeal in the high court after getting certified copy of the order.



Seven people were killed in a bomb blast on September 29, 2008 at Malegaon, a textile town near Nashik.