Newsclick interviewed Human Rights Lawyer Nandita Haksar on the recent
revelation by special public prosecutor Rohini Salian regarding the
Malegaon blast case of 2008. Nandita explains the fundamentalist nature
of the current regime and how one should not be surprised if the special
prosecutor was forced to go soft on the accused. She adds that the
Malegaon blast case was part of a larger Hindutva terror network named
“Abhinav Bharat” which indulged in organized syndicated crime. It was
not an individual Pragya Thakur or Colonel Purohit but a larger group of
individuals with an aim to create fear among the minority community.
Nandita also points out the bias of the judiciary in cases where people
from the minority community are involved. She argues that the judicial
process slows down in such cases, as in the Malegaon case where the
trial has not even started.