A special court in Mumbai acquitted all seven accused, including former BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur and Lt Colonel Prasad Purohit, in 2008 Malegaon blast case. Retired Major Ramesh Upadhyay, Pune-based businessman Ajay Rahirkar, and Sudhakar Chaturvedi alias Chanakya were also acquitted. Sudhakar Dhar Dwivedi and a Pune-based social worker Sameer Kulkarni were also among those acquitted.