India, Sept. 10 -- Families of those killed in the September 2008 bomb blast in Malegaon have moved the Bombay high court, challenging the acquittal of all the seven accused, including former BJP MP Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur and Lt Col Prasad Purohit, a serving army officer.

Nearly 17 years after a bomb ripped through a crowded intersection in Malegaon on September 29, 2008, killing six people and injuring 95 others, a special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on July 31 had acquitted all seven accused in an order that highlighted serious irregularities, contradictions, and procedural misconduct by the investigating agencies.

"The trial court has unfortunately acted as a mere post-office and allowed a deficient prosecution to b...