Owaisi slams acquittal in 2008 Malegaon blast case, calls out NIA, Modi govt
New Delhi: AIMIM chief and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi has strongly criticised the acquittal of all accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, calling it a "shameful failure of justice" and accusing the NIA and BJP governments of deliberately weakening the case.
Reacting to today’s verdict by a special NIA court in Mumbai, Owaisi wrote on X: “The Malegaon blast case verdict is disappointing. Six namazis were killed in the blast and nearly 100 were injured. They were targeted for their religion. A deliberately shoddy investigation/prosecution is responsible for the acquittal.”
He further asked whether the Modi and Fadnavis governments would appeal the judgment with the same urgency they showed in the 2006 Mumbai train blasts acquittals, and questioned the silence of Maharashtra’s so-called secular parties. “Who killed the 6 people?” Owaisi asked pointedly.
The MP also reminded the public that in 2016, then special public prosecutor Rohini Salian had revealed that the NIA had asked her to “go soft” on the accused. He pointed out that in 2017, the agency had tried to get Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur acquitted. She later became a BJP Member of Parliament.
Owaisi also referred to the late Hemant Karkare, the ATS chief who had initially uncovered the Malegaon conspiracy and was killed in the 26/11 attacks. “The BJP MP [Pragya Thakur] said she had cursed him, and his death was a result of that curse,” he wrote.
Ending his statement, Owaisi questioned whether NIA and ATS officers would be held accountable for the botched investigation.
“This is the ‘tough on terror’ Modi government. The world will remember that it made a terror accused a Member of Parliament,” he concluded.
Earlier in the day, the court acquitted all seven accused, including BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur and Lt Col Prasad Shrikant Purohit, citing lack of evidence. The blast had occurred on September 29, 2008, in Malegaon, Maharashtra, killing six and injuring over 100 people.
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Karnataka School Edu Dept prohibits children from being made to dance to obscene songs
Bengaluru (PTI): The Karnataka School Education Department has issued a circular strictly prohibiting children from being made to dance to obscene songs in educational and cultural programmes.
It stated that such dances would negatively impact students' mental health and moral values. It will create indiscipline and harm the sanctity of education.
"All the Deputy Directors (Administration) of the state's School Education Department have been asked to take strict measures to prevent children or students from dancing to obscene songs in all government, aided and unaided schools in the state," the office of the commissioner of the School Education Department said in a recent circular.
"If it is found that children are being made to dance to obscene songs, appropriate action will be taken against the headmaster or management of such school," it added.
The department also listed certain measures in this regard, which include: strictly prohibiting children from being made to dance to obscene songs during educational and cultural programmes; selecting songs that are inspiring, positive, instilling national pride in children and reflecting the greatness, dignity, values, culture, and morality of the state.
Stating that the school headmaster and management are responsible for selecting songs and dances for cultural programmes, it said, they should also ensure that students wear decent clothes in dance or cultural programmes.
