A day after the Malegaon blast verdict was out, which acquitted 7 accused, an ex-Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) official claimed that the agency was asked to frame RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat in the case. 

A former police official who was part of the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) that probed the 2008 Malegaon blast case has claimed that he had been asked to frame prominent figures of the country, as per the reports from the news agency PTI. 

As per PTI, the objective behind the order at that time was to establish that there was "saffron terror," retired inspector Mehiboob Mujawar alleged on Thursday. Retired inspector Mehiboob Mujawar, while reacting to the trial court's verdict acquitting all seven accused, including former BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur, slammed the agencies for acting in a certain way.