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Mumbai: Lt. Col. Purohit Released From Taloja Jail After 9 Years

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Mumbai: Lt. Col. Shrikant Prasad Purohit was today released from the Taloja prison in neighbouring Navi Mumbai after being granted bail by the Supreme Court in the 2008 Malegaon blast case. (All images: ABP Live)
Mumbai: Lt. Col. Shrikant Prasad Purohit was today released from the Taloja prison in neighbouring Navi Mumbai after being granted bail by the Supreme Court in the 2008 Malegaon blast case. (All images: ABP Live)
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Purohit was in jail for almost nine years for his alleged role in the 2008 Malegaon blast case.
Purohit was in jail for almost nine years for his alleged role in the 2008 Malegaon blast case.
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He was driven out of the prison in a car at around 10.45 am. A team of Military Police and Quick Response Team of the Army escorted Purohit out of the jail.
He was driven out of the prison in a car at around 10.45 am. A team of Military Police and Quick Response Team of the Army escorted Purohit out of the jail.
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Six people were killed in a bomb blast on September 29, 2008 at Malegaon, a communally sensitive textile town in Nashik district of north Maharashtra.
Six people were killed in a bomb blast on September 29, 2008 at Malegaon, a communally sensitive textile town in Nashik district of north Maharashtra.
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A bench of Justices R K Agrawal and A M Sapre had said that they are setting aside the Bombay High Court order by which the bail was denied.
A bench of Justices R K Agrawal and A M Sapre had said that they are setting aside the Bombay High Court order by which the bail was denied.
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On August 21, the apex court had granted bail to Lt.Col. Purohit in the 2008 Malegaon blast case.
On August 21, the apex court had granted bail to Lt.Col. Purohit in the 2008 Malegaon blast case.
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