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No objection to Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur's discharge in Malegaon blast case: NIA

National Investigation Agency (NIA) today told a special Mumbai court that it has no objection to the discharge of Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur in the 2008 Malegoan bomb blast case. Special NIA prosecutor Avinash Rasal said, the agency has no objection to her discharge plea as there is no prosecutable evidence against her.<br/><br/>Sadhvi had moved the special court earlier this month, days after the Bombay high court granted her bail on April 25. The court observed that prima facie, no case was made out against her. In its chargesheet filed last year, the NIA had dropped all charges against Sadhvi and five others in the case while charges under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act were given up against all the other 10 accused including Lt. Col Prasad Shrikant Purohit. Six people were killed and nearly 100 others injured in Malegaon town in Nashik district on September 29, 2008

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