Malegaon blast case: Purohit, Sadhvi and 5 others charged under UAPA

Malegaon blast case: Purohit, Sadhvi and 5 others charged under UAPA Apart from Purohit and Sadhvi, the accused are – Major (retired) Ramesh Upadhyay, Ajay Rahirkar, Sudhakar Dwivedi, Sudhakar Chaturvedi and Sameer Kulkarni

Current Affairs : A special court in Mumbai on Tuesday framed charges in the 2008 Malegaon blast case against Lt Col Prasad Purohit, Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur and five others for terror activities, criminal conspiracy and murder, among others.

Judge Vinod Padalkar, presiding over the special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court, framed charges against all the seven accused under sections of the stringent Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) and the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

After framing of the charges, the court posted the case on November 2 for the trial to commence. Framing of charges is a process after which the…Read more

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