The NIA court on Tuesday issued a bail order against BJP leader Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur in the 2008 Malegaon blasts case. Pragya, a former BJP MP from Bhopal, is accused in the case of the Malegaon blast in 2008. The case concerns the bomb blast that took place on September 29, 2008 in Malegaon, a town in Maharashtra, which killed six people and injured more than 100.

Last month, Thakur’s lawyer told the court that the blast may have been carried out by the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI). Advocate JP Mishra, appearing for Thakur, claimed that after the blast at Bhiku Chowk in Malegaon, local residents stopped the police from reaching the spot, potentially to protect the accused.