Malegaon blast case trial yet to examine 100 witnesses after 14 years

Fourteen years after a blast in Maharashtra's Malegaon town claimed six lives and injured more than 100 people, the trial in the case is still going on before a special NIA court here and more than witnesses are yet to be examined while 26 have turned hostile.

Seven persons, including BJP MP Prgaya Singh Thakur and Lt Col Prasad Purohit, are facing trial in the case, which is being probed by the National Investigation Agency, and have been charged under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).

All the accused are currently out on bail.

As per the NIA, there were nearly 450 witnesses sought to be examined in the case.

The special court has examined 272 witnesses of whom 26 have turned hostile.

As per information available, more than 100 witnesses are yet to be examined.

In 2015, the Supreme Court had directed for the trial to be concluded expeditiously.

Later, one of the accused the case, Sameer Kulkarni, filed a petition in the Bombay High Court claiming that d