Expressing “dismay” and “deep disappointment” over the verdict in the 2008 Malegaon blasts case, where all seven accused were acquitted by a special court on Thursday (July 31, 2025) the CPI(M) Polit Bureau on Friday (August 1, 2025) said it was yet another case of undue delay and eventual denial of justice to the victims of a terrorist act by an extremist Hindutva group.

The Polit Bureau pointed out that the verdict came a day after Home Minister Amit Shah made a statement in Parliament that no Hindu could be a terrorist.

Six persons were killed and nearly hundred were injured in the blasts. The accused included former BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur and Lt. Col. Prasad Purohit, then a serving Army officer. The CPI(M) statement said the National Investigation Agency (NIA) had submitted that the conspirators had orchestrated the crime to terrorise a section of Muslims and was aimed at creating communal tensions. “It is yet another case of undue delay and eventual denial of justice to the victims of the terrorist act by an extremist Hindutva group,” the Polit Bureau noted. The accused, the CPI(M) alleged, were patronised and supported by the RSS-BJP all through. 

“In view of the serious nature of the crime, the CPI(M) demands the government to appeal the NIA court’s decision,” the Polit Bureau said.