BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur, prime accused in the 2008 Malegaon bomb blast case appeared before the National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on Thursday.
Ms. Thakur came to court at 12 p.m. and was sitting on the bench allotted for the accused as her lawyer was cross examining an Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) official who had arrested her and was deposing as a witness.
Special judge A.K. Lahoti allowed her to sit on a chair after she complained of backache and conducted the proceedings in Hindi instead of Marathi and English on the MP's request.
