Lieutenant Colonel Prasad Purohit. (Express photo) Lieutenant Colonel Prasad Purohit. (Express photo)A special National Investigation Act (NIA) court has ordered for production of records of the sanction given to prosecute the Malegaon 2008 blasts accused. This comes after two of the accused — Lieutenant Colonel Prasad Purohit and retired Major Ramesh Upadhyay — claimed that the sanction did not follow proper procedure. The NIA also contended that these aspects about the sanction could be decided at the time of the trial.

Source: Indian Express August 09, 2017 23:37 UTC