Malegaon case: Special NIA court asks BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur to appear before it or face action
Pragya Singh Thakur's plea for the day, it directed her to remain present from February 27 onwards "without fail, else, necessary steps will be taken". The court also directed all the accused to be present on their dates till their statements are recorded.
"Needless to say they [accused] could stay in Mumbai and if there is ill health, they could get medication in Mumbai also," the court noted. Pragya Singh Thakur is an accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case.
The BJP MP and six others are facing trial in the case under provisions of Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) and Indian Penal Code (IPC). Six people were killed and over 100 injured when an explosive device strapped on a motorcycle went off near a mosque in Malegaon, a town about 200 km from Mumbai in north Maharashtra, on September 29, 2008.
The case was initially probed by the Maharashtra Anti Terrorism Squad before it was transferred to the NIA in 2011. Thakur is BJP MP from Bhopal.
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