Malegaon Probe Officer Ordered RSS Chief’s Mohan Bhagwat Arrest: Retired Cop’s Bombshell

A former Maharashtra Police officer, who was part of the initial Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) probe into the 2008 Malegaon blast, has made the explosive claim that he was directed to arrest RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat in connection with the case. The retired officer, Mehboob Mujawar, alleged that the directive came from the then-investigating officer, Paramveer Singh, as part of an effort to construct a “saffron terror” narrative.

In an interview to India Today Tv following the acquittal of all seven accused in the case, Mujawar stated, “I was directed by Paramveer Singh, and those above him asked me to arrest these individuals — Ram Kalsangra, Sandip Dange, Dilip Patidar, and RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat.” He claimed it was “beyond my capacity” to arrest a figure as influential as Bhagwat. The bombshell allegation comes just a day after a special NIA court acquitted all accused, including BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur and Lt Col Prasad Purohit, citing a lack of credible evidence and procedural lapses after a 17-year trial.

Mujawar alleged that the verdict exposed a “fabricated investigation” and claimed he was personally targeted and implicated in false cases by the senior officer for refusing to comply with what he deemed unlawful orders. “They asked me to file a charge sheet showing dead people as alive. When I refused… fabricated cases were registered against me. I have been acquitted in all of them,” he asserted.

The initial probe by the Maharashtra ATS had alleged the blast, which killed six people and injured over 100, was carried out by a right-wing extremist group called ‘Abhinav Bharat’. However, the National Investigation Agency (NIA), which later took over the case, found significant flaws in the ATS investigation and dropped the stringent MCOCA charges. The trial was further complicated when a large number of the 323 prosecution witnesses turned hostile.

In its final judgment, the NIA court concluded there was “no reliable and cogent evidence” against any of the accused. The judge noted that the prosecution failed to prove that the motorcycle used in the blast belonged to Pragya Thakur or that Lt Col Purohit had stored explosives. The court also ordered an inquiry into serious allegations against an ATS officer and the submission of allegedly fake medical certificates during the investigation