Mumbai, Aug. 1 -- Sameer Kulkarni, one of the seven accused acquitted in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, expressed his gratitude towards the National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on Friday. He further slammed the then-incumbent Congress state government, alleging that they were engaging in appeasement politics ahead of the 2009 Maharashtra elections.

"We immediately expressed gratitude to the court... We fought this legal battle for the self-respect of the majority Hindu community. The then Congress government committed this heinous act of Muslim appeasement for the 2009 state elections and they were also unable to save the lives of Malegaon's innocent victim taxpayers," Sameer Kulkarni told ANI.

Kulkarni further hit out at several Co...