MP govt to move higher court to reopen murder case against Pragya Thakur

Thakur and seven other accused were acquitted by a court in 2017 due to lack of evidence against them

LokSabha Elections 2019:The Madhya Pradesh government is wanting to revive an old homicide body of evidence against BJP hopeful Pragya Singh Thakur, multi day after leave surveys anticipated a triumph for her from Bhopal Lok Sabha body electorate.

The Congress-drove government in the state will look for a lawful conclusion on reviving the homicide instance of ex-RSS pracharak Sunil Joshi, in which Pragya Singh was cleared, state Law Minister P C Sharma said Tuesday.

Joshi was shot dead in Dewas region on December 29, 2007. Thakur and seven other charged were vindicated by a court there in 2017 because of absence of proof against them.

The state government will request in a higher court to revive the Joshi murder case, Sharma said. The Dewas authority has been approached to present a report regarding the case, the pastor included.

“We will look for a legitimate conclusion on that report and afterward take a choice about moving a higher court,” he said.

Sharma guaranteed that the then region gatherer took a choice all alone to close the case, rather than sending it to the law office for legitimate supposition.

“The locale gatherer ought to have sent the report to the law office as opposed to choosing that there was no compelling reason to move a higher court,” he said.

The BJP named the move as vengeance governmental issues.

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