Mumbai, July 31 -- Samajwadi Party MLA Abu Asim Azmi has raised questions regarding the Malegaon bomb blast investigation and verdict, demanding clarity on the handover of the case to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and the identity of the actual perpetrators after the acquittal of all accused.
Azmi highlighted alleged procedural failures in the original Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) probe. "The way the ATS investigated and collected evidence, witness testimonies were supposed to be recorded before a magistrate, but this wasn't done," he stated. He further noted that "many witnesses turned hostile" in the case, and after their refusal to testify, the case effectively stalled.
The MLA referenced claims made by former public prosecutor...