The Bombay High Court on Wednesday called for a fortnightly report from the special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court conducting the 2008 Malegaon bomb blast trial.
Malegaon is a city in the Nashik district in Maharashtra, where a bomb exploded on September 28, 2008, killing six and injuring over 100. The accused in the case are Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) MP Pragya Singh Thakur, Lieutenant Colonel Prasad Purohit, Sameer Kulkarni, Ramesh Upadhyay, and Sudhakar Chaturvedi.
A Division Bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and V.G. Bisht was hearing a petition filed by Mr. Kulkarni alleging that the trial is proceeding at a snail’s pace and relevant witnesses are yet to be examined.
