Mumbai, July 31 -- Former MP Sadhvi Pragya who was on Wednesday acquitted in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, expressed happiness over the Mumbai NIA special court's verdict stating that "Bhagwa and Hindutva has won" and the real culprits in the blasts that killed six people and injured 95 others will be punished.

"Bhagwa was defamed by them through a conspiracy, today Bhagwa has won and Hindutva Has won and those who are guilty will be punished by God. But those who defamed India and Bhagwa both are not proved wrong by you. I thank you sir (to Judge Abhay Lohati)," Pragya said as she openly wept after the verdict.

The 2008 Malegaon blast case was transferred to the NIA in 2011 from the Maharshtra Anti-terrorism squad (ATS). After a 17-yea...