Saffron Terror

‘Hindutva terror’ acquittals expose India’s deeply compromised criminal justice system

One by one, persons credibly charged with Hindutva terror attacks since 2006 have been discharged by courts, always on grounds of shoddy police investigation.

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Harsh Mander
· Apr 19, 2019 · 08:00 am
Why blame judiciary for granting Pragya Thakur bail when investigative agencies show no spine?

India’s investigating agencies have often demonstrated that they follow the directives of the party in power in the Centre.

Jyoti Punwani
· Apr 28, 2017 · 06:30 am
After a decade of investigations, it appears no one killed RSS pracharak Sunil Joshi

Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur and seven others were acquitted in the case. Along with it, the case against Hindutva terror also grows fainter.

Rakesh Dixit
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Ipsita Chakravarty
· Feb 03, 2017 · 07:30 am

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RSS chief gave his blessings to terror attacks, and CBI knew about it, Aseemanand tells magazine

In an interview with The Caravan, Swami Aseemanand claims that the investigative body knew of a meeting he had had with Mohan Bhagwat, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh's head, who sanctioned terror attacks.

Scroll Staff
· Feb 07, 2014 · 08:00 am

Saffron Terror

‘Hindutva terror’ acquittals expose India’s deeply compromised criminal justice system

One by one, persons credibly charged with Hindutva terror attacks since 2006 have been discharged by courts, always on grounds of shoddy police investigation.

Mohsin Alam Bhat
&
Harsh Mander
· Apr 19, 2019 · 08:00 am

Why blame judiciary for granting Pragya Thakur bail when investigative agencies show no spine?

India’s investigating agencies have often demonstrated that they follow the directives of the party in power in the Centre.

Jyoti Punwani
· Apr 28, 2017 · 06:30 am

After a decade of investigations, it appears no one killed RSS pracharak Sunil Joshi

Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur and seven others were acquitted in the case. Along with it, the case against Hindutva terror also grows fainter.

Rakesh Dixit
&
Ipsita Chakravarty
· Feb 03, 2017 · 07:30 am

2008 Malegaon blasts: NIA under fire from former prosecutor as it seeks to drop MCOCA charges

But Rohini Salian is not the only one accusing the agency of 'political moves' as witnesses become crucial to the case.

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· Feb 04, 2016 · 02:30 pm

Hindutva terror cases: NIA on the backfoot as apex court questions complicity charges

The spate of U-turns by witnesses in recent months led to speculation that these had a link to the shift of power at the centre in May 2014.

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· Oct 04, 2015 · 09:00 am

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Saffron Terror

‘Hindutva terror’ acquittals expose India’s deeply compromised criminal justice system

One by one, persons credibly charged with Hindutva terror attacks since 2006 have been discharged by courts, always on grounds of shoddy police investigation.

Mohsin Alam Bhat & Harsh Mander · Apr 19, 2019 · 08:00 am

Why blame judiciary for granting Pragya Thakur bail when investigative agencies show no spine?

India’s investigating agencies have often demonstrated that they follow the directives of the party in power in the Centre.

Jyoti Punwani · Apr 28, 2017 · 06:30 am

After a decade of investigations, it appears no one killed RSS pracharak Sunil Joshi

Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur and seven others were acquitted in the case. Along with it, the case against Hindutva terror also grows fainter.

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