Former Congress CM Chavan alleged that since the NIA works under Union Home Minister Amit Shah, the special court’s order acquitting all seven accused in the case was expected.
Special Judge AK Lahoti of the NIA court observed that the prosecution has failed to bring any "cogent evidence" and therefore the accused deserved the benefit of doubt.
Calling the investigation "deliberately shoddy," Owaisi recalled that in 2016, the then prosecutor in the case went on record to say that NIA had asked her to "go soft" on the accused.
Six people were killed and over 100 injured when an explosive device strapped on a motorcycle went off near a mosque in Malegaon, a town about 200 km from Mumbai, on September 29, 2008.
