Pragya Thakur claims agencies pressured her to name PM Modi and CM Yogi in the Malegaon case

Acquitted in Malegaon blast case, BJP’s Pragya Thakur accuses investigation agencies of coercing false statements against top leaders. Claims come after court cleared all accused citing lack of evidence in the 2008 terror attack that killed six, reigniting debate over probe agency impartiality.

New Delhi: Ex-BJP MP and Malegaon blast case acquitted Pragya Singh Thakur has seriously accused the investigation agencies. She alleged that the investigating officers had tried to pressurize her to implicate Prime Minister Narendra Modi, UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, and other top leaders.

This statement comes at a time when the NIA special court acquitted all seven accused, including Pragya Thakur and Lieutenant Colonel Prasad Purohit, on July 31, 2025, due to lack of evidence.

"I was tortured to make false confessions."

Pragya Thakur told a press conference on August 2 that the investigators attempted to pressurize her to implicate a number of individuals, including BJP leader Ram Madhav. She claimed, "I was tortured physically and mentally. My lungs were damaged, and I was illegally kept in the hospital. They asked me to mention PM Modi's name because I belong to Gujarat, but I never mentioned anyone because they wanted to make me give a false statement."

Similar allegations were raised by witnesses as well

Even prior to Pragya's charges, some witnesses in the case had asserted that they were coerced into incriminating individuals such as Yogi Adityanath and senior RSS leader Indresh Kumar. Aside from this, former ATS officer Mehboob Mujawar had also claimed that he was directed to arrest RSS leader Mohan Bhagwat but declined to do so. Nevertheless, the court dismissed these allegations.

No justice even after 17 years

6 individuals lost their lives in the 2008 Malegaon blast and over 100 were injured. 14 individuals were arrested in this case, but seven of them were acquitted even before the charges were framed. The other seven were tried, but they too were released because of the lack of evidence. Following this judgment, Pragya Thakur's accusations have again put this issue under debate.

Pragya Thakur's charges are grave, and if they hold true, they can question the integrity of the nation's investigating agencies. But so far, there has been no independent verification of these allegations. This case again raises the question of whether investigating agencies function under political pressure in terror cases. This question can only be answered when it is investigated without bias.