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Purnima Sah

NIA to verify Pragya Thakur’s ‘health’ situation and submit report before court

A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on April 3 observed that Pragya Thakur’s continuous absence in the Malegaon blast case hearing is hampering the trail in the case.

The special court directed the NIA Mumbai team to physically verify the health status of Pragya Singh Thakur, the main accuse in the 2008 Malegaon blast case. The court has called for a medical report verification after the Bharatiya Janata Party Member of Parliament has remained absent in a row from the trial proceedings citing medical concerns.

It has been less than a month since the court had issued a bailable warrant against the BJP MP for being repeatedly absent from the court hearings.

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