Priya Kaushal is a forensic psychologist who supported the legal defense team of Lt Col. Prasad Purohit with forensic and procedural insights.

In this episode of the ANI Podcast with Smita Prakash, she exposes critical lapses in the 2008 Malegaon blast investigation. She highlights the challenges of evidence, justice, and coercion in the case.

She explains how forensic protocols were ignored at a heavily contaminated crime scene, raising serious concerns about investigative bias, concerns later acknowledged by the court.

Timestamps

00:00 – Introduction

02:06 – Forensic Psychology & Lt Col Purohit’s Case

06:17 – RDX Analysis in the Malegaon Blast

17:18 – Where Was the RDX Stored?

23:34 – How Lt Col Purohit Was Cleared

26:56 – Who Contaminated the Evidence?

36:19 – Clean Component vs RDX

42:45 – RDX & Bomb-Making

44:36 – Why Not a Suicide Blast?

49:36 – The RDX Assumption in Blasts

52:37 – Blast Bike Linked to Sadhvi Pragya?

1:02:28 – Forensics vs Eyewitnesses

1:03:32 – Witness Flip After Government Change

1:06:53 – Grey Areas in Military Conduct

1:09:02 – Approach to Purohit’s Innocence

1:10:40 – Alleged Torture of Lt Col Purohit

1:13:19 – Support for the Innocent

1:15:59 – Psychopathology in the Lt Col Purohit Case

1:22:48 – Voice Matches

1:22:53 – Technology Used in Voice Identification

1:26:17 – Was the Analyst Untrained?

1:28:41 – Media Trial in the Malegaon Case

1:30:49 – Similar Cases to the Malegaon Case

1:36:32 – Psychopathic Mindset Explained

1:40:29 – Mental Fatigue & Burnout

1:45:07 – Psychology of Mass Murderers

1:46:25 – Can Narco Tests Be Defeated?

1:51:04 – Mental State After Acquittal

1:54:02 – Who Really Did the Malegaon Blast?