Mumbai, July 31 -- Advocate Shahid Nadeem, representing the victim families of the 2008 Malegaon blast, said on Thursday that he will challenge the acquittal of the seven accused in the High Court soon.

"We will file an appeal independently," the advocate told ANI.

An NIA special court on Thursday acquitted all 7 accused, including former MP Sadhvi Pragya, Major (retired) Ramesh Upadhyay, Sudhakar Chaturvedi, Ajay Rahirkar, Sudhankar Dhar Dwivedi (Shankaracharya) and Sameer Kulkarni. The people were acquitted of all charges under the UAPA, Arms Act and others.

"It is sad that we were waiting for the judgment for 17 years. But this is not the victim's fault that the acquittal happened; they just suffered. The victims had come from Maleg...