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Its an insult to police officer Hemant Karkare, if Sadhvi Pragya is given a clean chit in 2008 Malegaon blast case, Congress leader Anand Sharma says. 

Reacting to the issue, Sharma further said, "MCOCA (Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act) was used on the accused after they accepted their crimes. What has happened is an insult to the memory of martyr Hemant Karkare."

"Karkare is unfortunately not with us to tell the country that he and his team carried out a fair investigation. And confessional statements were made by the accused and that was reflected in the charge sheets."

National Investigation Agency (NIA) gave a clean chit to Sadhvi Pragya and five other accused in the Malegaon case and it was later, the Congress leader made these remarks.

In the position of the chief of Maharashtra's Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), Karkare investigated the case, but he lost his life in the 26/11 terror attack in Mumbai.

Not stopping with the above comments, Sharma further questioned the government asking, "What made the government to suddenly make a U-turn?

"This government is trying its best to save people associated with its allied groups by saying that the arrests made and the charges laid against them were wrong."

Countering the BJP government, the Congress leader further said, "Today there is a question mark on the integrity of India and its commitment to fight forces of terror."