The Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS), Mumbai, had arrested 11 people, including the Sadhvi in connection with the Sep 29, 2008 Malegaon blast which left six dead and 20 injured.

The prominent accused include Sadhvi Pragnya Chandrapal Singh Thakur, alias Purna Chetnanandagiri; Lt.Col. Prasad S. Purohit, a serving Indian Army officer who helped to procure RDX for the blasts; retired Indian Army major Ramesh Upadhyaya, who allegedly trained the conspirators in bomb making techniques; Shymlal Sahu, owner of a mobile phone shop in Bhopal, who allegedly planted the bomb and Rakesh Dhawade, a Pune-based weapons expert, who is accused of helping the conspirators procure weapons.