Eight people were killed in the blast near Bhikku chowk in Malegaon on September 29, 2008

After revealing how Ramchandra Kalsangra and Sandeep Dange — key accused in the 2008 Malegaon blasts case — were killed in a fake encounter, suspended senior ATS inspector Mehmood Mujawar has alleged that the decision of eliminating the duo was taken after the then ATS chief Hemant Karkare was killed by terrorists in the 26/11 blasts. Mujawar has also claimed that after the duo's murder, their bodies were brought to CST on November 27 and kept amid those of the blast victims.