Malegaon blast case Accused BJP MP Pragya Thakur appears before Mumbai court
Mumbai Nov 24 PTI BJPs Bhopal MP Pragya Singh Thakur an accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case appeared before a special NIA court here on Wednesday She appeared before special judge P R Sitre hearing cases related to the National Investigation Agency NIA Thakurs lawyer said that although the court had not summoned the MP she appeared on her own as she was in Mumbai for her medical treatment The BJP leader had last appeared before the court in the case in January this year Seven persons including Thakur and Lt Col Prasad Purohit are facing trial in the case A total of eight witnesses have turned hostile in the case so far Six people were killed and over 100 injured when an explosive device strapped to a motorcycle went off near a mosque in Malegaon town in north Maharashtra on September 29 2008 According to police the motorbike was registered in Thakurs name and that led to her arrest in 2008 The Bombay High Court had granted bail to her in 2017 She is being tried under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act UAPA and other relevant laws PTI AVI NP NP
Mumbai Nov 24 PTI BJPs Bhopal MP Pragya Singh Thakur an accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case appeared before a special NIA court here on Wednesday She appeared before special judge P R Sitre hearing cases related to the National Investigation Agency NIA Thakurs lawyer said that although the court had not summoned the MP she appeared on her own as she was in Mumbai for her medical treatment The BJP leader had last appeared before the court in the case in January this year Seven persons including Thakur and Lt Col Prasad Purohit are facing trial in the case A total of eight witnesses have turned hostile in the case so far Six people were killed and over 100 injured when an explosive device strapped to a motorcycle went off near a mosque in Malegaon town in north Maharashtra on September 29 2008 According to police the motorbike was registered in Thakurs name and that led to her arrest in 2008 The Bombay High Court had granted bail to her in 2017 She is being tried under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act UAPA and other relevant laws PTI AVI NP NP
